mac80211_hwsim: call ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb under RCU protection
authorJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Thu, 5 May 2022 21:04:22 +0000 (23:04 +0200)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Wed, 18 May 2022 07:18:06 +0000 (09:18 +0200)
[ Upstream commit 9e2db50f1ef2238fc2f71c5de1c0418b7a5b0ea2 ]

This is needed since it might use (and pass out) pointers to
e.g. keys protected by RCU. Can't really happen here as the
frames aren't encrypted, but we need to still adhere to the
rules.

Fixes: cacfddf82baf ("mac80211_hwsim: initialize ieee80211_tx_info at hw_scan_work")
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220505230421.5f139f9de173.I77ae111a28f7c0e9fd1ebcee7f39dbec5c606770@changeid
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c

index ee1eb14ae8fc99105c601ad73fbed734a6f96cfa..885c4352bdefbcde8e675c94e78766ed3194f9f0 100644 (file)
@@ -2025,11 +2025,13 @@ static void hw_scan_work(struct work_struct *work)
                        if (req->ie_len)
                                skb_put_data(probe, req->ie, req->ie_len);
 
+                       rcu_read_lock();
                        if (!ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb(hwsim->hw,
                                                      hwsim->hw_scan_vif,
                                                      probe,
                                                      hwsim->tmp_chan->band,
                                                      NULL)) {
+                               rcu_read_unlock();
                                kfree_skb(probe);
                                continue;
                        }
@@ -2037,6 +2039,7 @@ static void hw_scan_work(struct work_struct *work)
                        local_bh_disable();
                        mac80211_hwsim_tx_frame(hwsim->hw, probe,
                                                hwsim->tmp_chan);
+                       rcu_read_unlock();
                        local_bh_enable();
                }
        }