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    cfg80211: don't "leak" uncompleted scans · 4a58e7c3
    Eliad Peller authored
    
    
    ___cfg80211_scan_done() can be called in some cases
    (e.g. on NETDEV_DOWN) before the low level driver
    notified scan completion (which is indicated by
    passing leak=true).
    
    Clearing rdev->scan_req in this case is buggy, as
    scan_done_wk might have already being queued/running
    (and can't be flushed as it takes rtnl()).
    
    If a new scan will be requested at this stage, the
    scan_done_wk will try freeing it (instead of the
    previous scan), and this will later result in
    a use after free.
    
    Simply remove the "leak" option, and replace it with
    a standard WARN_ON.
    
    An example backtrace after such crash:
    Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address fffffee5
    pgd = c0004000
    [fffffee5] *pgd=9fdf6821, *pte=00000000, *ppte=00000000
    Internal error: Oops: 17 [#1] SMP ARM
    PC is at cfg80211_scan_done+0x28/0xc4 [cfg80211]
    LR is at __ieee80211_scan_completed+0xe4/0x2dc [mac80211]
    [<bf0077b0>] (cfg80211_scan_done+0x28/0xc4 [cfg80211])
    [<bf0973d4>] (__ieee80211_scan_completed+0xe4/0x2dc [mac80211])
    [<bf0982cc>] (ieee80211_scan_work+0x94/0x4f0 [mac80211])
    [<c005fd10>] (process_one_work+0x1b0/0x4a8)
    [<c0060404>] (worker_thread+0x138/0x37c)
    [<c0066d70>] (kthread+0xa4/0xb0)
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarEliad Peller <eliad@wizery.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
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