Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [1/2] mwifiex: fix use-after-free for FW reinit errors | From | Kalle Valo <> | Date | Wed, 5 Apr 2017 12:44:26 +0000 (UTC) |
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Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org> wrote: > If we fail to reinit the FW when resetting the device (in the > synchronous version of mwifiex_init_hw_fw() -> mwifiex_fw_dpc()), > mwifiex_fw_dpc() will tear down the interface and free up the adapter. > But we don't actually check for all failure cases of mwifiex_fw_dpc(), > so some of them fall through and dereference adapter->fw_done with a > freed adapter, causing a use-after-free bug. > > In any case, mwifiex_fw_dpc() will always signal FW completion -- in the > error OR success case -- so at best, this was repeat work. Let's not do > it. > > Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>
2 patches applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.
ce8fad9a1f09 mwifiex: fix use-after-free for FW reinit errors 755b37c93a06 mwifiex: catch mwifiex_fw_dpc() errors properly in reset
-- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9650725/
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
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