On Thu, 2015-08-13 at 11:09 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Wed, 2015-08-05 at 15:38 +0200, Bertold Van den Bergh wrote: > > The current implementation in ocb.c can cause a kernel oops when > > the > > interface is up, but no ocb has been joined. When data is received > > with the broadcast BSSID rx_no_sta is called. This function uses > > uninitialized variables because the join function has not yet been > > used. > > > > Signed-off-by: Bertold Van den Bergh < > > [email protected]> > > --- > > net/mac80211/ocb.c | 3 +++ > > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/net/mac80211/ocb.c b/net/mac80211/ocb.c > > index 573b81a..5da2bd3 100644 > > --- a/net/mac80211/ocb.c > > +++ b/net/mac80211/ocb.c > > @@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ void ieee80211_ocb_rx_no_sta(struct > > ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, > > struct sta_info *sta; > > int band; > > > > + if (!ifocb->joined) > > + return; > > > Wouldn't it make more sense to put this check into > ieee80211_accept_frame() and, in addition to not doing any station > processing, simply dropping the frame completely? Like such: >
Reminder? I'm not sure what to do with this patch - I don't particularly like processing the frame at all. johannes -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
