linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.20] ath10k: don't assume 'vif' is non-NULL in flush()

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Message-Id: <20181116130842.09750607F5@smtp.codeaurora.org>
Date:   Fri, 16 Nov 2018 13:08:42 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>
Cc:     ath10k@...ts.infradead.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        Grant Grundler <grundler@...omium.org>,
        Wen Gong <wgong@...eaurora.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.20] ath10k: don't assume 'vif' is non-NULL in flush()

Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org> wrote:

> mac80211 may call us with vif == NULL, if the station is not currently
> active (e.g., not associated). It is trivially easy to reproduce a crash
> by suspending the system when not connected to an AP:
> 
> [   65.533934] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000
> ...
> [   65.574521] pc : ath10k_flush+0x30/0xd0 [ath10k_core]
> [   65.574538] lr : __ieee80211_flush_queues+0x180/0x244 [mac80211]
> [   65.599680] Process kworker/u12:1 (pid: 57, stack limit = 0x(____ptrval____))
> [   65.599682] Call trace:
> [   65.599695]  ath10k_flush+0x30/0xd0 [ath10k_core]
> [   65.642064]  __ieee80211_flush_queues+0x180/0x244 [mac80211]
> [   65.642079]  ieee80211_flush_queues+0x34/0x40 [mac80211]
> [   65.642095]  __ieee80211_suspend+0xfc/0x47c [mac80211]
> [   65.658611]  ieee80211_suspend+0x30/0x3c [mac80211]
> [   65.658627]  wiphy_suspend+0x15c/0x3a8 [cfg80211]
> [   65.672810]  dpm_run_callback+0xf0/0x1f0
> [   65.672814]  __device_suspend+0x3ac/0x4f8
> [   65.672819]  async_suspend+0x34/0xbc
> [   65.684096]  async_run_entry_fn+0x54/0x104
> [   65.684099]  worker_thread+0x4cc/0x72c
> [   65.684102]  kthread+0x134/0x13c
> [   65.684105]  ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18
> 
> Fixes: 9de4162f0999 ("ath10k: add peer flush in ath10k_flush for STATION")
> Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers.git, thanks.

d987f783a480 ath10k: don't assume 'vif' is non-NULL in flush()

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10673301/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches