(Second attempt, now unmangled and with signed-off-by line, uh...)
This should go into 2.6.17, as it fixes a user exploitable crash.
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This fixes a crash when
iwconfig ethX mode foo
is done before
ifconfig ethX up
or after
ifconfig ethX down
Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Index: linux-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_wx.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_wx.c 2006-04-22
17:47:03.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_wx.c 2006-05-01
22:10:18.000000000 +0200
@@ -182,8 +182,11 @@
mode = BCM43xx_INITIAL_IWMODE;
bcm43xx_lock_mmio(bcm, flags);
- if (bcm->ieee->iw_mode != mode)
- bcm43xx_set_iwmode(bcm, mode);
+ if (bcm->initialized) {
+ if (bcm->ieee->iw_mode != mode)
+ bcm43xx_set_iwmode(bcm, mode);
+ } else
+ bcm->ieee->iw_mode = mode;
bcm43xx_unlock_mmio(bcm, flags);
return 0;
--
Greetings Michael.
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