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authorJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>2013-05-10 19:23:40 +0200
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>2013-05-16 22:38:02 +0200
commit03cd7e4e1ea16cd151c799a33b5ca1fd41a464df (patch)
tree9671b8250f80a796e9dcf06933a4f9dc799600be /net/wireless/core.c
parent61f1598278876527314f5fc1d00cf0a4d525c1f7 (diff)
downloadlinux-03cd7e4e1ea16cd151c799a33b5ca1fd41a464df.tar.gz
cfg80211: fix wiphy_register error path
If rfkill_register() fails in wiphy_register() the struct device
is unregistered but everything else isn't (regulatory, debugfs)
and we even leave the wiphy instance on all internal lists even
though it will likely be freed soon, which is clearly a problem.
Fix this by cleaning up properly.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/wireless/core.c')
-rw-r--r--net/wireless/core.c16
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/net/wireless/core.c b/net/wireless/core.c
index 84c9ad7e1dca..6c9f8005cac0 100644
--- a/net/wireless/core.c
+++ b/net/wireless/core.c
@@ -638,17 +638,21 @@ int wiphy_register(struct wiphy *wiphy)
 	 * cfg80211_mutex lock
 	 */
 	res = rfkill_register(rdev->rfkill);
-	if (res)
-		goto out_rm_dev;
+	if (res) {
+		device_del(&rdev->wiphy.dev);
+
+		mutex_lock(&cfg80211_mutex);
+		debugfs_remove_recursive(rdev->wiphy.debugfsdir);
+		list_del_rcu(&rdev->list);
+		wiphy_regulatory_deregister(wiphy);
+		mutex_unlock(&cfg80211_mutex);
+		return res;
+	}
 
 	rtnl_lock();
 	rdev->wiphy.registered = true;
 	rtnl_unlock();
 	return 0;
-
-out_rm_dev:
-	device_del(&rdev->wiphy.dev);
-	return res;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(wiphy_register);