[PATCH] ath10k: fix NULL dereference for injected packets

Michal Kazior michal.kazior at tieto.com
Tue Jul 16 05:04:54 EDT 2013


Tx processing functions dereference vif and caused
NULL to be dereferenced for injected frames.

Don't call these functions at all for injected
frames. It doesn't make much sense to do so
anyway.

Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior <michal.kazior at tieto.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c |   12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
index 5082503..cdc08a0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
@@ -1687,10 +1687,14 @@ static void ath10k_tx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 		tid = qc[0] & IEEE80211_QOS_CTL_TID_MASK;
 	}
 
-	ath10k_tx_h_qos_workaround(hw, control, skb);
-	ath10k_tx_h_update_wep_key(skb);
-	ath10k_tx_h_add_p2p_noa_ie(ar, skb);
-	ath10k_tx_h_seq_no(skb);
+	/* it makes no sense to process injected frames like that */
+	if (info->control.vif &&
+	    info->control.vif->type != NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR) {
+		ath10k_tx_h_qos_workaround(hw, control, skb);
+		ath10k_tx_h_update_wep_key(skb);
+		ath10k_tx_h_add_p2p_noa_ie(ar, skb);
+		ath10k_tx_h_seq_no(skb);
+	}
 
 	memset(ATH10K_SKB_CB(skb), 0, sizeof(*ATH10K_SKB_CB(skb)));
 	ATH10K_SKB_CB(skb)->htt.vdev_id = vdev_id;
-- 
1.7.9.5




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