linux-kernel - Re: [ipw3945-devel] ieee80211: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference

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Date:	Tue, 20 May 2008 11:54:09 +0800
From:	Zhu Yi <yi.zhu@...el.com>
To:	Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@...il.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	ipw3945-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [ipw3945-devel] ieee80211: unable to handle kernel NULL
	pointer dereference

On Sun, 2008-05-18 at 22:23 +0200, Alex Riesen wrote:
> May 18 18:59:24 blimp kernel: RIP  [ieee80211_associate+0x2a0/0x536]
> ieee80211_associate+0x2a0/0x536
> May 18 18:59:24 blimp kernel:  RSP <ffff81007f261b20>
> May 18 18:59:24 blimp kernel: CR2: 00000000000000c0
> May 18 18:59:24 blimp kernel: ---[ end trace 0fbf8adf45e059dd ]---

This is a known mac80211 bug. The fix (might not be the final one) is
here:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=121120929012836&w=2

Thanks,
-yi

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