From 2d7ea69dd318dac6a57dcf997a5a5a0fbd92ff73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hauke Mehrtens Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2020 19:23:57 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: Fix potential endless loop Backport a fix from kernel 5.8.3. Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens (cherry picked from commit ca5ee6eba34593ec9f8b5b195c94cf6c3f6ff914) --- ...11-fix-misplaced-while-instead-of-if.patch | 31 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+) create mode 100644 package/kernel/mac80211/patches/subsys/370-mac80211-fix-misplaced-while-instead-of-if.patch diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/subsys/370-mac80211-fix-misplaced-while-instead-of-if.patch b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/subsys/370-mac80211-fix-misplaced-while-instead-of-if.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e3f18131b7 --- /dev/null +++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/subsys/370-mac80211-fix-misplaced-while-instead-of-if.patch @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +From 5981fe5b0529ba25d95f37d7faa434183ad618c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 +From: Johannes Berg +Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2020 11:02:10 +0200 +Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: fix misplaced while instead of if + +This never was intended to be a 'while' loop, it should've +just been an 'if' instead of 'while'. Fix this. + +I noticed this while applying another patch from Ben that +intended to fix a busy loop at this spot. + +Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org +Fixes: b16798f5b907 ("mac80211: mark station unauthorized before key removal") +Reported-by: Ben Greear +Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200803110209.253009ae41ff.I3522aad099392b31d5cf2dcca34cbac7e5832dde@changeid +Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg +--- + net/mac80211/sta_info.c | 2 +- + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) + +--- a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c ++++ b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c +@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ static void __sta_info_destroy_part2(str + might_sleep(); + lockdep_assert_held(&local->sta_mtx); + +- while (sta->sta_state == IEEE80211_STA_AUTHORIZED) { ++ if (sta->sta_state == IEEE80211_STA_AUTHORIZED) { + ret = sta_info_move_state(sta, IEEE80211_STA_ASSOC); + WARN_ON_ONCE(ret); + } -- 2.30.2