[PATCH] ath11k: add ieee80211_unregister_hw to avoid kernel crash caused by NULL pointer
Kalle Valo
kvalo at codeaurora.org
Mon Jan 18 11:38:17 EST 2021
Wen Gong <wgong at codeaurora.org> writes:
> When function return fail to __ath11k_mac_register after success called
> ieee80211_register_hw, then it set wiphy->dev.parent to NULL by
> SET_IEEE80211_DEV(ar->hw, NULL) in end of __ath11k_mac_register, then
> cfg80211_get_drvinfo will be called by below call stack, but the
> wiphy->dev.parent is NULL, so kernel crash.
[...]
> +err_unregister_hw:
> + ieee80211_unregister_hw(ar->hw);
> +
> err_free_if_combs:
> kfree(ar->hw->wiphy->iface_combinations[0].limits);
> kfree(ar->hw->wiphy->iface_combinations);
Incorrect indentation, I'm surprised checkpatch doesn't catch that. But
fixed this in the pending branch.
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