ath9k: Null out references to stale pointers.

This doesn't fix any problem that I'm aware of, but should
make it harder to add use-after-free type bugs in the
future.

Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/beacon.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/beacon.c
index af8fedda001bccb6351eb60d06b45fcc73767e8c..4ed010d4ef96d9f3288cc9d1c81dbcd8d24e50fa 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/beacon.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/beacon.c
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ static struct ath_buf *ath_beacon_generate(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
                dma_unmap_single(sc->dev, bf->bf_buf_addr,
                                 skb->len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
                dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
+               bf->bf_buf_addr = 0;
        }
 
        /* Get a new beacon from mac80211 */
@@ -167,6 +168,7 @@ static struct ath_buf *ath_beacon_generate(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
        if (unlikely(dma_mapping_error(sc->dev, bf->bf_buf_addr))) {
                dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
                bf->bf_mpdu = NULL;
+               bf->bf_buf_addr = 0;
                ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_FATAL,
                          "dma_mapping_error on beaconing\n");
                return NULL;
@@ -255,6 +257,7 @@ int ath_beacon_alloc(struct ath_wiphy *aphy, struct ieee80211_vif *vif)
                                 skb->len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
                dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
                bf->bf_mpdu = NULL;
+               bf->bf_buf_addr = 0;
        }
 
        /* NB: the beacon data buffer must be 32-bit aligned. */
@@ -300,6 +303,7 @@ int ath_beacon_alloc(struct ath_wiphy *aphy, struct ieee80211_vif *vif)
        if (unlikely(dma_mapping_error(sc->dev, bf->bf_buf_addr))) {
                dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
                bf->bf_mpdu = NULL;
+               bf->bf_buf_addr = 0;
                ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_FATAL,
                          "dma_mapping_error on beacon alloc\n");
                return -ENOMEM;
@@ -326,6 +330,7 @@ void ath_beacon_return(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_vif *avp)
                                         skb->len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
                        dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
                        bf->bf_mpdu = NULL;
+                       bf->bf_buf_addr = 0;
                }
                list_add_tail(&bf->list, &sc->beacon.bbuf);
 

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
index 2e427522672deacf20d7cfe48abddbc91da6ad34..fe73fc50082a2c4d681dab51058615a66ceacdfd 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ static int ath_rx_edma_init(struct ath_softc *sc, int nbufs)
                                                bf->bf_buf_addr))) {
                                dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
                                bf->bf_mpdu = NULL;
+                               bf->bf_buf_addr = 0;
                                ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_FATAL,
                                        "dma_mapping_error() on RX init\n");
                                error = -ENOMEM;
@@ -358,6 +359,7 @@ int ath_rx_init(struct ath_softc *sc, int nbufs)
                                                        bf->bf_buf_addr))) {
                                dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
                                bf->bf_mpdu = NULL;
+                               bf->bf_buf_addr = 0;
                                ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_FATAL,
                                          "dma_mapping_error() on RX init\n");
                                error = -ENOMEM;
@@ -392,6 +394,8 @@ void ath_rx_cleanup(struct ath_softc *sc)
                                                common->rx_bufsize,
                                                DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
                                dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+                               bf->bf_buf_addr = 0;
+                               bf->bf_mpdu = NULL;
                        }
                }
 
@@ -1733,6 +1737,7 @@ int ath_rx_tasklet(struct ath_softc *sc, int flush, bool hp)
                          bf->bf_buf_addr))) {
                        dev_kfree_skb_any(requeue_skb);
                        bf->bf_mpdu = NULL;
+                       bf->bf_buf_addr = 0;
                        ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_FATAL,
                                  "dma_mapping_error() on RX\n");
                        ath_rx_send_to_mac80211(hw, sc, skb, rxs);

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
index b053058ae5ea88bef2290e55e7bd3b0e830e8029..d077186da870ea2ccc507b168fba81d21ffcac8d 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
@@ -1643,6 +1643,7 @@ static int ath_tx_setup_buffer(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ath_buf *bf,
                                         skb->len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
        if (unlikely(dma_mapping_error(sc->dev, bf->bf_buf_addr))) {
                bf->bf_mpdu = NULL;
+               bf->bf_buf_addr = 0;
                ath_print(ath9k_hw_common(sc->sc_ah), ATH_DBG_FATAL,
                          "dma_mapping_error() on TX\n");
                return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1912,6 +1913,7 @@ static void ath_tx_complete_buf(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_buf *bf,
        }
 
        dma_unmap_single(sc->dev, bf->bf_buf_addr, skb->len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+       bf->bf_buf_addr = 0;
 
        if (bf->bf_state.bfs_paprd) {
                if (time_after(jiffies,
@@ -1924,6 +1926,10 @@ static void ath_tx_complete_buf(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_buf *bf,
                ath_debug_stat_tx(sc, txq, bf, ts);
                ath_tx_complete(sc, skb, bf->aphy, tx_flags);
        }
+       /* At this point, skb (bf->bf_mpdu) is consumed...make sure we don't
+        * accidentally reference it later.
+        */
+       bf->bf_mpdu = NULL;
 
        /*
         * Return the list of ath_buf of this mpdu to free queue