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authorJohannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>2009-12-23 15:33:35 +0100
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2009-12-28 16:19:58 -0500
commit65486c8b30498dd274eea2c542696f22b63fe5b8 (patch)
tree4bcbeb24ce1655c275f2e1780cacefaf2b306781 /net/wireless
parentbefabac2d8e4925b97c5eebc78ecc4b2079fd9dd (diff)
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cfg80211: fix error path in cfg80211_wext_siwscan
If there's an invalid channel or SSID, the code leaks the scan request. Always free the scan request, unless it was successfully given to the driver. Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Acked-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/wireless')
-rw-r--r--net/wireless/scan.c13
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/net/wireless/scan.c b/net/wireless/scan.c
index 12dfa62..0c2cbbe 100644
--- a/net/wireless/scan.c
+++ b/net/wireless/scan.c
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ int cfg80211_wext_siwscan(struct net_device *dev,
struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev;
struct wiphy *wiphy;
struct iw_scan_req *wreq = NULL;
- struct cfg80211_scan_request *creq;
+ struct cfg80211_scan_request *creq = NULL;
int i, err, n_channels = 0;
enum ieee80211_band band;
@@ -694,8 +694,10 @@ int cfg80211_wext_siwscan(struct net_device *dev,
/* translate "Scan for SSID" request */
if (wreq) {
if (wrqu->data.flags & IW_SCAN_THIS_ESSID) {
- if (wreq->essid_len > IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN)
- return -EINVAL;
+ if (wreq->essid_len > IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN) {
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
+ }
memcpy(creq->ssids[0].ssid, wreq->essid, wreq->essid_len);
creq->ssids[0].ssid_len = wreq->essid_len;
}
@@ -707,12 +709,15 @@ int cfg80211_wext_siwscan(struct net_device *dev,
err = rdev->ops->scan(wiphy, dev, creq);
if (err) {
rdev->scan_req = NULL;
- kfree(creq);
+ /* creq will be freed below */
} else {
nl80211_send_scan_start(rdev, dev);
+ /* creq now owned by driver */
+ creq = NULL;
dev_hold(dev);
}
out:
+ kfree(creq);
cfg80211_unlock_rdev(rdev);
return err;
}
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