From 73e194639d90594d06d0c10019c0ab4638869135 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 19:42:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ath9k: fix a buffer leak in A-MPDU completion
When ath_tx_complete_aggr() is called, it's responsible for returning
all buffers in the linked list. This was not done when the STA lookup
failed, leading to a race condition that could leak a few buffers when
a STA just disconnected.
Fix this by immediately returning all buffers to the free list in this case.
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
index 408d1c596a03..05ec36ac55f5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ static void ath_tx_complete_aggr(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_txq *txq,
int isaggr, txfail, txpending, sendbar = 0, needreset = 0, nbad = 0;
bool rc_update = true;
struct ieee80211_tx_rate rates[4];
+ unsigned long flags;
skb = bf->bf_mpdu;
hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)skb->data;
@@ -344,6 +345,10 @@ static void ath_tx_complete_aggr(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_txq *txq,
sta = ieee80211_find_sta_by_hw(hw, hdr->addr1);
if (!sta) {
rcu_read_unlock();
+
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&sc->tx.txbuflock, flags);
+ list_splice_tail_init(bf_q, &sc->tx.txbuf);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sc->tx.txbuflock, flags);
return;
}
--
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