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authorAmitkumar Karwar <akarwar@marvell.com>2012-02-04 05:34:02 +0100
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2012-02-06 17:34:02 +0100
commit2da8cbf8a6b454296c9db7b57cac72d5a39e3aa7 (patch)
tree6c936d599c04ebf8e4979162de896c6017d64a48
parentath9k: Fix kernel panic during driver initilization (diff)
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mwifiex: add NULL checks in driver unload path
If driver load is failed, sometimes few pointers may remain uninitialized ex. priv->wdev, priv->netdev, adapter->sleep_cfm This will cause NULL pointer dereferance while unloading the driver. Signed-off-by: Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: Kiran Divekar <dkiran@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao <bzhao@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/init.c3
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c12
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/init.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/init.c
index e05b417a3fae..1d0ec57a0143 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/init.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/init.c
@@ -382,7 +382,8 @@ mwifiex_free_adapter(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter)
adapter->if_ops.cleanup_if(adapter);
- dev_kfree_skb_any(adapter->sleep_cfm);
+ if (adapter->sleep_cfm)
+ dev_kfree_skb_any(adapter->sleep_cfm);
}
/*
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c
index 84be196188cc..b728f54451e4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/main.c
@@ -822,7 +822,9 @@ int mwifiex_remove_card(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter, struct semaphore *sem)
continue;
rtnl_lock();
- mwifiex_del_virtual_intf(priv->wdev->wiphy, priv->netdev);
+ if (priv->wdev && priv->netdev)
+ mwifiex_del_virtual_intf(priv->wdev->wiphy,
+ priv->netdev);
rtnl_unlock();
}
@@ -830,9 +832,11 @@ int mwifiex_remove_card(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter, struct semaphore *sem)
if (!priv)
goto exit_remove;
- wiphy_unregister(priv->wdev->wiphy);
- wiphy_free(priv->wdev->wiphy);
- kfree(priv->wdev);
+ if (priv->wdev) {
+ wiphy_unregister(priv->wdev->wiphy);
+ wiphy_free(priv->wdev->wiphy);
+ kfree(priv->wdev);
+ }
mwifiex_terminate_workqueue(adapter);