From f86b9984250fa2b71ce36d4693a939a58579583b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sven Eckelmann Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 14:18:10 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Staging: batman-adv: Don't write in not allocated packet_buff Each net_device in a system will automatically managed as a possible batman_if and holds different informations like a buffer with a prepared originator messages. To reduce the memory usage, the packet_buff will only be allocated when the interface is really added/enabled for batman-adv. The function to update the hw address information inside the packet_buff just assumes that the packet_buff is always initialised and thus the kernel will just oops when we try to change the hw address of a not already fully enabled interface. We must always check if the packet_buff is allocated before we try to change information inside of it. Reported-by: Tim Glaremin Reported-by: Kazuki Shimada Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann Cc: stable Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/staging/batman-adv/hard-interface.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/staging/batman-adv/hard-interface.c b/drivers/staging/batman-adv/hard-interface.c index d08491ed545..baa8b05b9e8 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/batman-adv/hard-interface.c +++ b/drivers/staging/batman-adv/hard-interface.c @@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ static bool hardif_is_iface_up(struct batman_if *batman_if) static void update_mac_addresses(struct batman_if *batman_if) { + if (!batman_if || !batman_if->packet_buff) + return; + addr_to_string(batman_if->addr_str, batman_if->net_dev->dev_addr); memcpy(((struct batman_packet *)(batman_if->packet_buff))->orig, @@ -334,6 +337,7 @@ static struct batman_if *hardif_add_interface(struct net_device *net_dev) batman_if->if_num = -1; batman_if->net_dev = net_dev; batman_if->if_status = IF_NOT_IN_USE; + batman_if->packet_buff = NULL; INIT_LIST_HEAD(&batman_if->list); check_known_mac_addr(batman_if->net_dev->dev_addr); -- 2.20.1