In commit 38506ecefab9 (rtlwifi: rtl_pci: Start modification for new drivers), a bug was introduced that causes a NULL pointer dereference. As this bug only affects the infrequently used RTL8192EE and only under low-memory conditions, it has taken a long time for the bug to show up.
The bug was reported on the linix-wireless mailing list and also at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/ as bug #1527603 (kernel crashes due to rtl8192ee driver on ubuntu 15.10). Fixes: 38506ecefab9 Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <larry.fin...@lwfinger.net> Cc: Stable <sta...@vger.kernel.org> --- drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/pci.c | 11 +++-------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/pci.c index f46c9d7..7f471bf 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/pci.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/pci.c @@ -801,7 +801,9 @@ static void _rtl_pci_rx_interrupt(struct ieee80211_hw *hw) hw_queue); if (rx_remained_cnt == 0) return; - + buffer_desc = &rtlpci->rx_ring[rxring_idx].buffer_desc[ + rtlpci->rx_ring[rxring_idx].idx]; + pdesc = (struct rtl_rx_desc *)skb->data; } else { /* rx descriptor */ pdesc = &rtlpci->rx_ring[rxring_idx].desc[ rtlpci->rx_ring[rxring_idx].idx]; @@ -824,13 +826,6 @@ static void _rtl_pci_rx_interrupt(struct ieee80211_hw *hw) new_skb = dev_alloc_skb(rtlpci->rxbuffersize); if (unlikely(!new_skb)) goto no_new; - if (rtlpriv->use_new_trx_flow) { - buffer_desc = - &rtlpci->rx_ring[rxring_idx].buffer_desc - [rtlpci->rx_ring[rxring_idx].idx]; - /*means rx wifi info*/ - pdesc = (struct rtl_rx_desc *)skb->data; - } memset(&rx_status , 0 , sizeof(rx_status)); rtlpriv->cfg->ops->query_rx_desc(hw, &stats, &rx_status, (u8 *)pdesc, skb); -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
