linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 283/357] ath9k_htc: fix random decryption failure

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Date:	Fri,  3 Oct 2014 14:31:09 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, Johannes Stezenbach <js@...21.net>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 283/357] ath9k_htc: fix random decryption failure

3.16-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Johannes Stezenbach <js@...21.net>

commit d21ccfd0a60ea3dece3e1d142f52694abf87a0b1 upstream.

In v3.15 the driver stopped to accept network packets after successful
authentification, which could be worked around by passing the
nohwcrypt=1 module parameter.  This was not reproducible by
everyone, and showed random behaviour in some tests.
It was caused by an uninitialized variable introduced
in 4ed1a8d4a257 ("ath9k_htc: use ath9k_cmn_rx_accept") and
used in 341b29b9cd2f ("ath9k_htc: use ath9k_cmn_rx_skb_postprocess").

Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=78581
Fixes: 341b29b9cd2f ("ath9k_htc: use ath9k_cmn_rx_skb_postprocess")
Signed-off-by: Johannes Stezenbach <js@...21.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@...driver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

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

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ static bool ath9k_rx_prepare(struct ath9
 	struct ath_hw *ah = common->ah;
 	struct ath_htc_rx_status *rxstatus;
 	struct ath_rx_status rx_stats;
-	bool decrypt_error;
+	bool decrypt_error = false;

 	if (skb->len < HTC_RX_FRAME_HEADER_SIZE) {
 		ath_err(common, "Corrupted RX frame, dropping (len: %d)\n",

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