From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
To: <Ajay.Kathat@microchip.com>
Cc: <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>, <Claudiu.Beznea@microchip.com>,
<Sripad.Balwadgi@microchip.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] wilc1000: fix crash observed in AP mode with cfg80211_register_netdevice()
Date: Mon, 09 May 2022 14:50:46 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pmkmylex.fsf@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220504161924.2146601-3-ajay.kathat@microchip.com> (Ajay Kathat's message of "Wed, 4 May 2022 16:19:26 +0000")
<Ajay.Kathat@microchip.com> writes:
> From: Ajay Singh <ajay.kathat@microchip.com>
>
> Monitor(mon.) interface is used for handling the AP mode and 'ieee80211_ptr'
> reference is not getting set for it. Like earlier implementation,
> use register_netdevice() instead of cfg80211_register_netdevice() which
> expects valid 'ieee80211_ptr' reference to avoid the possible crash.
>
> Fixes: 2fe8ef106238 ("cfg80211: change netdev registration/unregistration semantics")
> Signed-off-by: Ajay Singh <ajay.kathat@microchip.com>
Is there a reason why wilc1000 does not use ieee8011_ptr? And what
earlier implementation are you referring to?
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-05-09 11:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-05-04 16:19 [PATCH 1/5] wilc1000: increase firmware version array size Ajay.Kathat
2022-05-04 16:19 ` [PATCH 2/5] wilc1000: use fixed function base register value to access SDIO_FBR_ENABLE_CSA Ajay.Kathat
2022-05-04 16:19 ` [PATCH 4/5] wilc1000: use 'u64' datatype for cookie variable Ajay.Kathat
2022-05-04 16:19 ` [PATCH 3/5] wilc1000: fix crash observed in AP mode with cfg80211_register_netdevice() Ajay.Kathat
2022-05-09 11:50 ` Kalle Valo [this message]
2022-05-09 13:49 ` Ajay.Kathat
2022-05-09 19:44 ` Johannes Berg
2022-05-10 9:55 ` Ajay.Kathat
2022-05-11 4:41 ` Kalle Valo
2022-05-04 16:19 ` [PATCH 5/5] wilc1000: add valid vmm_entry check before fetching from TX queue Ajay.Kathat
2022-05-11 5:25 ` [PATCH 1/5] wilc1000: increase firmware version array size Kalle Valo
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