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-rw-r--r--sys/net80211/ieee80211_output.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sys/net80211/ieee80211_output.c b/sys/net80211/ieee80211_output.c
index eb558a5..78b62d0 100644
--- a/sys/net80211/ieee80211_output.c
+++ b/sys/net80211/ieee80211_output.c
@@ -199,6 +199,10 @@ ieee80211_mgmt_output(struct ieee80211com *ic, struct ieee80211_node *ni,
/*
* Send a null data frame to the specified node.
+ *
+ * NB: the caller is assumed to have setup a node reference
+ * for use; this is necessary to deal with a race condition
+ * when probing for inactive stations.
*/
int
ieee80211_send_nulldata(struct ieee80211_node *ni)
@@ -212,9 +216,10 @@ ieee80211_send_nulldata(struct ieee80211_node *ni)
if (m == NULL) {
/* XXX debug msg */
ic->ic_stats.is_tx_nobuf++;
+ ieee80211_unref_node(&ni);
return ENOMEM;
}
- m->m_pkthdr.rcvif = (void *) ieee80211_ref_node(ni);
+ m->m_pkthdr.rcvif = (void *) ni;
wh = mtod(m, struct ieee80211_frame *);
ieee80211_send_setup(ic, ni, wh,
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