carl9170: fix virtual interface setup crash
authorChristian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
Sat, 20 Nov 2010 12:15:27 +0000 (13:15 +0100)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:19:32 +0000 (15:19 -0500)
This patch fixes a faulty bound check which caused a
crash when too many virtual interface were brought up.

BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000004
IP: [<f8125f67>] carl9170_op_add_interface+0x1d7/0x2c0 [carl9170]
*pde = 00000000
Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT
Modules linked in: carl9170 [...]
Pid: 4720, comm: wpa_supplicant Not tainted 2.6.37-rc2-wl+
EIP: 0060:[<f8125f67>] EFLAGS: 00210206 CPU: 0
EIP is at carl9170_op_add_interface+0x1d7/0x2c0 [carl9170]
EAX: 00000000 ...
Process wpa_supplicant
Stack:
 f4f88f34 fffffff4 ..
Call Trace:
 [<f8f4e666>] ? ieee80211_do_open+0x406/0x5c0 [mac80211]
 [...]
Code: <89> 42 04 ...
EIP: [<f8125f67>] carl9170_op_add_interface+0x1d7/0x2c0 [carl9170]
CR2: 0000000000000004

Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/main.c

index 980ae70ea424f6dc50a93734446536588bea9734..a314c2c2bfbea433849dc60ae7f44f67c2785358 100644 (file)
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ init:
        }
 
 unlock:
-       if (err && (vif_id != -1)) {
+       if (err && (vif_id >= 0)) {
                vif_priv->active = false;
                bitmap_release_region(&ar->vif_bitmap, vif_id, 0);
                ar->vifs--;