linux-kernel - [73/74] ath9k: fix beacon slot/buffer leak

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Message-Id: <20100204171529.452810643@linux.site>
Date:	Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:12:44 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Cc:	stable-review@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Felix Fietkau <nbd@...nwrt.org>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: [73/74] ath9k: fix beacon slot/buffer leak

2.6.32-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@...nwrt.org>

commit 74401773f80b6d42f7a4c6994ca0cca883b03745 upstream.

When cleaning up beacon buffers and slots, ath9k currently checks if
sc->ah->opmode is set to a beacon related mode before cleaning up
buffers.
An unfortunate ordering of interface up/down commands can lead to
sc->ah->opmode being set to monitor mode, while there are AP interfaces
present on the same wiphy.
Always cleaning up beacon buffers if present fixes this issue.

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@...nwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@...driver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
@@ -2285,10 +2285,10 @@ static void ath9k_remove_interface(struc
 	    (sc->sc_ah->opmode == NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT)) {
 		ath9k_ps_wakeup(sc);
 		ath9k_hw_stoptxdma(sc->sc_ah, sc->beacon.beaconq);
-		ath_beacon_return(sc, avp);
 		ath9k_ps_restore(sc);
 	}

+	ath_beacon_return(sc, avp);
 	sc->sc_flags &= ~SC_OP_BEACONS;

 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(sc->beacon.bslot); i++) {

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