[PATCH 2/2] libertas: fix invalid access

Dan Williams dcbw at redhat.com
Thu Dec 2 11:38:57 EST 2010


On Wed, 2010-11-24 at 16:02 +0000, Daniel Drake wrote:
> From: Sven Neumann <s.neumann at raumfeld.com>
> 
> card->priv must not be accessed after lbs_remove_card() was called
> as lbs_remove_card() frees card->priv via free_netdev().
> 
> For libertas_sdio this is a regression introduced by 23b149c1890f9.
> The correct fix to the issue described there is simply to remove the
> assignment. This flag is set at the appropriate time inside
> lbs_remove_card anyway.
> 
> Reported-by: Daniel Drake <dsd at laptop.org>
> Signed-off-by: Sven Neumann <s.neumann at raumfeld.com>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake <dsd at laptop.org>

Acked-by: Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com>

> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_sdio.c |    1 -
>  drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_spi.c  |    1 -
>  2 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> Please apply for 2.6.37
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_sdio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_sdio.c
> index e5685dc..b4de0ca 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_sdio.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_sdio.c
> @@ -1170,7 +1170,6 @@ static void if_sdio_remove(struct sdio_func *func)
>  	lbs_deb_sdio("call remove card\n");
>  	lbs_stop_card(card->priv);
>  	lbs_remove_card(card->priv);
> -	card->priv->surpriseremoved = 1;
>  
>  	flush_workqueue(card->workqueue);
>  	destroy_workqueue(card->workqueue);
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_spi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_spi.c
> index 79bcb4e..ecd4d04 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_spi.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_spi.c
> @@ -1055,7 +1055,6 @@ static int __devexit libertas_spi_remove(struct spi_device *spi)
>  	lbs_stop_card(priv);
>  	lbs_remove_card(priv); /* will call free_netdev */
>  
> -	priv->surpriseremoved = 1;
>  	free_irq(spi->irq, card);
>  	if_spi_terminate_spi_thread(card);
>  	if (card->pdata->teardown)





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