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authorChristian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>2010-11-20 07:15:27 -0500
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2010-11-22 15:19:32 -0500
commitb397492a8c1022887a9b2fb925fe92e69ce0ad4d (patch)
tree694e3d428ed26e8fc38492dfdacdc3979fac066b /drivers
parent1d8638d4038eb8709edc80e37a0bbb77253d86e9 (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.c2
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
649unlock: 649unlock:
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--;