linux-kernel - [PATCH 47/65] staging: wfx: fix bss

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Message-ID: <20200115121041.10863-48-Jerome.Pouiller@silabs.com>
Date:   Wed, 15 Jan 2020 12:13:11 +0000
From:   Jérôme Pouiller <Jerome.Pouiller@...abs.com>
To:     "devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
        "linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jérôme Pouiller <Jerome.Pouiller@...abs.com>
Subject: [PATCH 47/65] staging: wfx: fix bss_loss

From: Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@...abs.com>

wfx_tx_confirm_cb()  retrieves the station associated with a frame using
the MAC address from the 802.11 header. In the other side wfx_tx()
retrieves the station using sta field from the ieee80211_tx_control
argument.

In wfx_cqm_bssloss_sm(), wfx_tx() was called directly without valid sta
field, but with a valid MAC address in 802.11 header. So there the
processing of this packet was unbalanced and may produce weird bugs.

Signed-off-by: Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@...abs.com>
---
 drivers/staging/wfx/sta.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/wfx/sta.c b/drivers/staging/wfx/sta.c
index aebce96dcd4a..80a2a9e8256f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wfx/sta.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wfx/sta.c
@@ -88,19 +88,25 @@ void wfx_cqm_bssloss_sm(struct wfx_vif *wvif, int init, int good, int bad)
 	// FIXME: call ieee80211_beacon_loss/ieee80211_connection_loss instead
 	if (tx) {
 		struct sk_buff *skb;
+		struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr
+		struct ieee80211_tx_control control = { };
 
 		wvif->bss_loss_state++;
 
 		skb = ieee80211_nullfunc_get(wvif->wdev->hw, wvif->vif, false);
 		if (!skb)
 			goto end;
+		hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)skb->data;
 		memset(IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb), 0,
 		       sizeof(*IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb)));
 		IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb)->control.vif = wvif->vif;
 		IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb)->driver_rates[0].idx = 0;
 		IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb)->driver_rates[0].count = 1;
 		IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb)->driver_rates[1].idx = -1;
-		wfx_tx(wvif->wdev->hw, NULL, skb);
+		rcu_read_lock(); // protect control.sta
+		control.sta = ieee80211_find_sta(wvif->vif, hdr->addr1);
+		wfx_tx(wvif->wdev->hw, &control, skb);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}
 end:
 	mutex_unlock(&wvif->bss_loss_lock);
-- 
2.25.0