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ath10k: hold RCU lock when calling ieee80211_find_sta_by_ifaddr() 

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ieee80211_find_sta_by_ifaddr() must be called under the RCU lock and
the resulting pointer is only valid under RCU lock as well.

Fix ath10k_wmi_tlv_op_pull_peer_stats_info() to hold RCU lock before it
calls ieee80211_find_sta_by_ifaddr() and release it when the resulting
pointer is no longer needed.

This problem was found while reviewing code to debug RCU warn from
ath10k_wmi_tlv_parse_peer_stats_info().

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/7230c9e5-2632-b77e-c4f9-10eca557a5bb@linuxfoundation.org/
Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210210212107.40373-1-skhan@linuxfoundation.org
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
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Shuah Khan 2021-02-10 14:21:07 -07:00 committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent 0b8dfb61f2
commit ee898d95f4
1 changed files with 5 additions and 2 deletions
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drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/wmi-tlv.c
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@ -445,13 +445,13 @@ static void ath10k_wmi_event_tdls_peer(struct ath10k *ar, struct sk_buff *skb)
case WMI_TDLS_TEARDOWN_REASON_TX:
case WMI_TDLS_TEARDOWN_REASON_RSSI:
case WMI_TDLS_TEARDOWN_REASON_PTR_TIMEOUT:
rcu_read_lock();
station = ieee80211_find_sta_by_ifaddr(ar->hw,
ev->peer_macaddr.addr,
NULL);
if (!station) {
ath10k_warn(ar, "did not find station from tdls peer event");
kfree(tb);
return;
goto exit;
}
arvif = ath10k_get_arvif(ar, __le32_to_cpu(ev->vdev_id));
ieee80211_tdls_oper_request(
@ -462,6 +462,9 @@ static void ath10k_wmi_event_tdls_peer(struct ath10k *ar, struct sk_buff *skb)
);
break;
}
exit:
rcu_read_unlock();
kfree(tb);
}