[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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