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authorJohannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>2009-10-28 15:12:32 +0100
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2009-10-30 15:50:24 -0400
commitf446d10f214091408b7300f15c9adf60569edf28 (patch)
tree2c649a3483fc493746568a36ab4677ee8b9f0fa7 /net
parent227206455fde433f86305f9a5b8bdd1eca759929 (diff)
downloadlinux-f446d10f214091408b7300f15c9adf60569edf28.tar.bz2
mac80211: fix BSS leak
The IBSS code leaks a BSS struct after telling cfg80211 about a given BSS by passing a frame. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net')
-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/ibss.c6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ibss.c b/net/mac80211/ibss.c
index ca8ecce31d34..f1362f32c17d 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ibss.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/ibss.c
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ static void __ieee80211_sta_join_ibss(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
struct ieee80211_mgmt *mgmt;
u8 *pos;
struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband;
+ struct cfg80211_bss *bss;
u32 bss_change;
u8 supp_rates[IEEE80211_MAX_SUPP_RATES];
@@ -177,8 +178,9 @@ static void __ieee80211_sta_join_ibss(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
mod_timer(&ifibss->timer,
round_jiffies(jiffies + IEEE80211_IBSS_MERGE_INTERVAL));
- cfg80211_inform_bss_frame(local->hw.wiphy, local->hw.conf.channel,
- mgmt, skb->len, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
+ bss = cfg80211_inform_bss_frame(local->hw.wiphy, local->hw.conf.channel,
+ mgmt, skb->len, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
+ cfg80211_put_bss(bss);
cfg80211_ibss_joined(sdata->dev, ifibss->bssid, GFP_KERNEL);
}