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author | Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com> | 2010-11-20 07:15:27 -0500 |
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committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2010-11-22 15:19:32 -0500 |
commit | b397492a8c1022887a9b2fb925fe92e69ce0ad4d (patch) | |
tree | 694e3d428ed26e8fc38492dfdacdc3979fac066b /drivers | |
parent | 1d8638d4038eb8709edc80e37a0bbb77253d86e9 (diff) |
carl9170: fix virtual interface setup crash
This patch fixes a faulty bound check which caused a
crash when too many virtual interface were brought up.
BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000004
IP: [<f8125f67>] carl9170_op_add_interface+0x1d7/0x2c0 [carl9170]
*pde = 00000000
Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT
Modules linked in: carl9170 [...]
Pid: 4720, comm: wpa_supplicant Not tainted 2.6.37-rc2-wl+
EIP: 0060:[<f8125f67>] EFLAGS: 00210206 CPU: 0
EIP is at carl9170_op_add_interface+0x1d7/0x2c0 [carl9170]
EAX: 00000000 ...
Process wpa_supplicant
Stack:
f4f88f34 fffffff4 ..
Call Trace:
[<f8f4e666>] ? ieee80211_do_open+0x406/0x5c0 [mac80211]
[...]
Code: <89> 42 04 ...
EIP: [<f8125f67>] carl9170_op_add_interface+0x1d7/0x2c0 [carl9170]
CR2: 0000000000000004
Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/main.c | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/main.c index 980ae70ea424..a314c2c2bfbe 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/main.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/main.c | |||
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ init: | |||
647 | } | 647 | } |
648 | 648 | ||
649 | unlock: | 649 | unlock: |
650 | if (err && (vif_id != -1)) { | 650 | if (err && (vif_id >= 0)) { |
651 | vif_priv->active = false; | 651 | vif_priv->active = false; |
652 | bitmap_release_region(&ar->vif_bitmap, vif_id, 0); | 652 | bitmap_release_region(&ar->vif_bitmap, vif_id, 0); |
653 | ar->vifs--; | 653 | ar->vifs--; |