ath9k: fix double-free bug on beacon generate failure

commit 1adb2e2b5f85023d17eb4f95386a57029df27c88 upstream.

When the next beacon is sent, the ath_buf from the previous run is reused.
If getting a new beacon from mac80211 fails, bf->bf_mpdu is not reset, yet
the skb is freed, leading to a double-free on the next beacon tx attempt,
resulting in a system crash.

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/beacon.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/beacon.c
index a13cabb..2bbc83e 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/beacon.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/beacon.c
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ static struct ath_buf *ath_beacon_generate(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
                                 skb->len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
                dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
                bf->bf_buf_addr = 0;
+               bf->bf_mpdu = NULL;
        }
 
        /* Get a new beacon from mac80211 */