Re: [PATCH 4.20] ath10k: don't assume 'vif' is non-NULL in flush()

From: Kalle Valo
Date: Fri Nov 16 2018 - 08:08:45 EST


Brian Norris <briannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> mac80211 may call us with vif == NULL, if the station is not currently
> active (e.g., not associated). It is trivially easy to reproduce a crash
> by suspending the system when not connected to an AP:
>
> [ 65.533934] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000
> ...
> [ 65.574521] pc : ath10k_flush+0x30/0xd0 [ath10k_core]
> [ 65.574538] lr : __ieee80211_flush_queues+0x180/0x244 [mac80211]
> [ 65.599680] Process kworker/u12:1 (pid: 57, stack limit = 0x(____ptrval____))
> [ 65.599682] Call trace:
> [ 65.599695] ath10k_flush+0x30/0xd0 [ath10k_core]
> [ 65.642064] __ieee80211_flush_queues+0x180/0x244 [mac80211]
> [ 65.642079] ieee80211_flush_queues+0x34/0x40 [mac80211]
> [ 65.642095] __ieee80211_suspend+0xfc/0x47c [mac80211]
> [ 65.658611] ieee80211_suspend+0x30/0x3c [mac80211]
> [ 65.658627] wiphy_suspend+0x15c/0x3a8 [cfg80211]
> [ 65.672810] dpm_run_callback+0xf0/0x1f0
> [ 65.672814] __device_suspend+0x3ac/0x4f8
> [ 65.672819] async_suspend+0x34/0xbc
> [ 65.684096] async_run_entry_fn+0x54/0x104
> [ 65.684099] worker_thread+0x4cc/0x72c
> [ 65.684102] kthread+0x134/0x13c
> [ 65.684105] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18
>
> Fixes: 9de4162f0999 ("ath10k: add peer flush in ath10k_flush for STATION")
> Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers.git, thanks.

d987f783a480 ath10k: don't assume 'vif' is non-NULL in flush()

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