Re: [PATCH] mwifiex: duplicate static structs used in driver instances

From: Francesco Dolcini
Date: Fri Aug 09 2024 - 08:42:26 EST


On Fri, Aug 09, 2024 at 10:11:33AM +0200, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> mwifiex_band_2ghz and mwifiex_band_5ghz are statically allocated, but
> used and modified in driver instances. Duplicate them before using
> them in driver instances so that different driver instances do not
> influence each other.
>
> This was observed on a board which has one PCIe and one SDIO mwifiex
> adapter. It blew up in mwifiex_setup_ht_caps(). This was called with
> the statically allocated struct which is modified in this function.
>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: d6bffe8bb520 ("mwifiex: support for creation of AP interface")
> Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Francesco Dolcini <francesco.dolcini@xxxxxxxxxxx>