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authorMiaoqing Pan <miaoqing@codeaurora.org>2017-06-27 17:31:53 +0300
committerKalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>2017-06-28 19:54:33 +0300
commit07246c115801c27652700e3679bb58661ef7ed65 (patch)
tree3dbd702a42f5394a96a507e6b93e66126247e613 /drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k
parent1cdb6c9fd43366413f928531a03fc07a8c14429a (diff)
downloadlinux-07246c115801c27652700e3679bb58661ef7ed65.tar.xz
ath9k: fix an invalid pointer dereference in ath9k_rng_stop()
The bug was triggered when do suspend/resuming continuously on Dell XPS L322X/0PJHXN version 9333 (2013) with kernel 4.12.0-041200rc4-generic. But can't reproduce on DELL E5440 + AR9300 PCIE chips. The warning is caused by accessing invalid pointer sc->rng_task. sc->rng_task is not be cleared after kthread_stop(sc->rng_task) be called in ath9k_rng_stop(). Because the kthread is stopped before ath9k_rng_kthread() be scheduled. So set sc->rng_task to null after kthread_stop(sc->rng_task) to resolve this issue. WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 984 at linux/kernel/kthread.c:71 kthread_stop+0xf1/0x100 CPU: 0 PID: 984 Comm: NetworkManager Not tainted 4.12.0-041200rc4-generic #201706042031 Hardware name: Dell Inc. Dell System XPS L322X/0PJHXN, BIOS A09 05/15/2013 task: ffff950170fdda00 task.stack: ffffa22c01538000 RIP: 0010:kthread_stop+0xf1/0x100 RSP: 0018:ffffa22c0153b5b0 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: ffffffffa6257800 RBX: ffff950171b79560 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000080000000 RSI: 000000007fffffff RDI: ffff9500ac9a9680 RBP: ffffa22c0153b5c8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: ffffa22c0153b648 R11: ffff9501768004b8 R12: ffff9500ac9a9680 R13: ffff950171b79f70 R14: ffff950171b78780 R15: ffff9501749dc018 FS: 00007f0d6bfd5540(0000) GS:ffff95017f200000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007fc190161a08 CR3: 0000000232906000 CR4: 00000000001406f0 Call Trace: ath9k_rng_stop+0x1a/0x20 [ath9k] ath9k_stop+0x3b/0x1d0 [ath9k] drv_stop+0x33/0xf0 [mac80211] ieee80211_stop_device+0x43/0x50 [mac80211] ieee80211_do_stop+0x4f2/0x810 [mac80211] Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196043 Reported-by: Giulio Genovese <giulio.genovese@gmail.com> Tested-by: Giulio Genovese <giulio.genovese@gmail.com> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Miaoqing Pan <miaoqing@codeaurora.org> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rng.c4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rng.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rng.c
index 568b1c6c2b2b..73f46fb3e83a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rng.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rng.c
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ void ath9k_rng_start(struct ath_softc *sc)
void ath9k_rng_stop(struct ath_softc *sc)
{
- if (sc->rng_task)
+ if (sc->rng_task) {
kthread_stop(sc->rng_task);
+ sc->rng_task = NULL;
+ }
}