[PATCH] net: wireless: ath: ath9k: Fix a possible data race in ath_chanctx_set_next

From: Jia-Ju Bai
Date: Tue May 08 2018 - 04:06:54 EST


The write operation to "sc->next_chan" is protected by
the lock on line 1287, but the read operation to
this data on line 1262 is not protected by the lock.
Thus, there may exist a data race for "sc->next_chan".

To fix this data race, the read operation to "sc->next_chan"
should be also protected by the lock.

Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/channel.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/channel.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/channel.c
index 1b05b5d7a038..ed3cd5523481 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/channel.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/channel.c
@@ -1257,12 +1257,12 @@ void ath_chanctx_set_next(struct ath_softc *sc, bool force)
"Stopping current chanctx: %d\n",
sc->cur_chan->chandef.center_freq1);
sc->cur_chan->stopped = true;
- spin_unlock_bh(&sc->chan_lock);

if (sc->next_chan == &sc->offchannel.chan) {
getrawmonotonic(&ts);
measure_time = true;
}
+ spin_unlock_bh(&sc->chan_lock);

ath9k_chanctx_stop_queues(sc, sc->cur_chan);
queues_stopped = true;
--
2.17.0