In b43_request_firmware(), when ieee80211_register_hw() fails,
b43_one_core_detach() is called. In b43_bcma_remove() and
b43_ssb_remove(), b43_one_core_detach() is called again. In this case, 
null-pointer dereferences and double-free problems can occur when 
the driver is removed.

To fix this bug, the call to b43_one_core_detach() in
b43_request_firmware() is deleted.

This bug is found by a runtime fuzzing tool named FIZZER written by us.

Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/main.c | 7 +------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/main.c 
b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/main.c
index 74be3c809225..e666a472a0da 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/main.c
@@ -2610,18 +2610,13 @@ static void b43_request_firmware(struct work_struct 
*work)
 
        err = ieee80211_register_hw(wl->hw);
        if (err)
-               goto err_one_core_detach;
+               goto out;
        wl->hw_registered = true;
        b43_leds_register(wl->current_dev);
 
        /* Register HW RNG driver */
        b43_rng_init(wl);
 
-       goto out;
-
-err_one_core_detach:
-       b43_one_core_detach(dev->dev);
-
 out:
        kfree(ctx);
 }
-- 
2.17.0


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