From 2dce4c2b5f0b43bd25bf9ea6ded06b7f8a54c91f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Berg Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:46:41 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] cfg80211: fix refcount leak The code in cfg80211's cfg80211_bss_update erroneously grabs a reference to the BSS, which means that it will never be freed. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Cc: stable@kernel.org [2.6.29, 2.6.30] Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- net/wireless/scan.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/wireless/scan.c b/net/wireless/scan.c index e95b638b919f..f8e71b300001 100644 --- a/net/wireless/scan.c +++ b/net/wireless/scan.c @@ -366,7 +366,6 @@ cfg80211_bss_update(struct cfg80211_registered_device *dev, found = rb_find_bss(dev, res); if (found) { - kref_get(&found->ref); found->pub.beacon_interval = res->pub.beacon_interval; found->pub.tsf = res->pub.tsf; found->pub.signal = res->pub.signal; -- 2.20.1