ath9k: fix double-free bug on beacon generate failure

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.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/beacon.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/beacon.c
index 531fffd801a34eaa11b8d483aca51ac07e7a7fab..4eb269d6b974efa9449b97651692b92743c17c4f 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/beacon.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/beacon.c
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ static struct ath_buf *ath9k_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;
        }
 
        skb = ieee80211_beacon_get(hw, vif);