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cfg80211: fix error path in cfg80211_wext_siwscan
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If there's an invalid channel or SSID, the code leaks
the scan request. Always free the scan request, unless
it was successfully given to the driver.

Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Acked-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Johannes Berg authored and John W. Linville committed Dec 28, 2009
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13 changes: 9 additions & 4 deletions net/wireless/scan.c
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Expand Up @@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ int cfg80211_wext_siwscan(struct net_device *dev,
struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev;
struct wiphy *wiphy;
struct iw_scan_req *wreq = NULL;
struct cfg80211_scan_request *creq;
struct cfg80211_scan_request *creq = NULL;
int i, err, n_channels = 0;
enum ieee80211_band band;

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -694,8 +694,10 @@ int cfg80211_wext_siwscan(struct net_device *dev,
/* translate "Scan for SSID" request */
if (wreq) {
if (wrqu->data.flags & IW_SCAN_THIS_ESSID) {
if (wreq->essid_len > IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN)
return -EINVAL;
if (wreq->essid_len > IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN) {
err = -EINVAL;
goto out;
}
memcpy(creq->ssids[0].ssid, wreq->essid, wreq->essid_len);
creq->ssids[0].ssid_len = wreq->essid_len;
}
Expand All @@ -707,12 +709,15 @@ int cfg80211_wext_siwscan(struct net_device *dev,
err = rdev->ops->scan(wiphy, dev, creq);
if (err) {
rdev->scan_req = NULL;
kfree(creq);
/* creq will be freed below */
} else {
nl80211_send_scan_start(rdev, dev);
/* creq now owned by driver */
creq = NULL;
dev_hold(dev);
}
out:
kfree(creq);
cfg80211_unlock_rdev(rdev);
return err;
}
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