linux-kernel - [PATCH net-next] wifi: fix warning in __cfg80211_bss

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Date: Wed,  3 Jan 2024 20:13:51 +0800
From: Edward Adam Davis <eadavis@...com>
To: syzbot+864a269c27ee06b58374@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Cc: benjamin.berg@...el.com,
	davem@...emloft.net,
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Subject: [PATCH net-next] wifi: fix warning in __cfg80211_bss_update

Replace rcu_dereference() with rcu_access_pointer() to avoid warnings. 

Fixes: 32af9a9e1069 ("wifi: cfg80211: free beacon_ies when overridden from hidden BSS")
Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+864a269c27ee06b58374@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Edward Adam Davis <eadavis@...com>
---
 net/wireless/scan.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/wireless/scan.c b/net/wireless/scan.c
index cf2131671..7cb8ae87c 100644
--- a/net/wireless/scan.c
+++ b/net/wireless/scan.c
@@ -1864,7 +1864,7 @@ __cfg80211_bss_update(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
 					 &hidden->hidden_list);
 				hidden->refcount++;
 
-				ies = (void *)rcu_dereference(new->pub.beacon_ies);
+				ies = (void *)rcu_access_pointer(new->pub.beacon_ies);
 				rcu_assign_pointer(new->pub.beacon_ies,
 						   hidden->pub.beacon_ies);
 				if (ies)
-- 
2.43.0