iwlwifi: mvm: protect RCU dereference in iwl_mvm_get_key_sta_id
authorJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Fri, 11 Dec 2015 08:06:25 +0000 (09:06 +0100)
committerEmmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Sun, 13 Dec 2015 11:38:26 +0000 (13:38 +0200)
Properly protect the RCU dereference in iwl_mvm_get_key_sta_id() when
coming from iwl_mvm_update_tkip_key() which cannot hold the mvm->mutex
by moving the call into the RCU critical section.
Modify the check to use rcu_dereference_check() to permit this.

Fixes: 9513c5e18a0d ("iwlwifi: mvm: Avoid dereferencing sta if it was already flushed")
Reported-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/sta.c

index 354acbde088e9e6fad0927a9ef73787ab235558c..2b976b110207f87532162e6f8587c1fcd0063c83 100644 (file)
@@ -1222,8 +1222,8 @@ static u8 iwl_mvm_get_key_sta_id(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
            mvmvif->ap_sta_id != IWL_MVM_STATION_COUNT) {
                u8 sta_id = mvmvif->ap_sta_id;
 
-               sta = rcu_dereference_protected(mvm->fw_id_to_mac_id[sta_id],
-                                               lockdep_is_held(&mvm->mutex));
+               sta = rcu_dereference_check(mvm->fw_id_to_mac_id[sta_id],
+                                           lockdep_is_held(&mvm->mutex));
                /*
                 * It is possible that the 'sta' parameter is NULL,
                 * for example when a GTK is removed - the sta_id will then
@@ -1590,14 +1590,15 @@ void iwl_mvm_update_tkip_key(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
                             u16 *phase1key)
 {
        struct iwl_mvm_sta *mvm_sta;
-       u8 sta_id = iwl_mvm_get_key_sta_id(mvm, vif, sta);
+       u8 sta_id;
        bool mcast = !(keyconf->flags & IEEE80211_KEY_FLAG_PAIRWISE);
 
-       if (WARN_ON_ONCE(sta_id == IWL_MVM_STATION_COUNT))
-               return;
-
        rcu_read_lock();
 
+       sta_id = iwl_mvm_get_key_sta_id(mvm, vif, sta);
+       if (WARN_ON_ONCE(sta_id == IWL_MVM_STATION_COUNT))
+               goto unlock;
+
        if (!sta) {
                sta = rcu_dereference(mvm->fw_id_to_mac_id[sta_id]);
                if (WARN_ON(IS_ERR_OR_NULL(sta))) {
@@ -1609,6 +1610,8 @@ void iwl_mvm_update_tkip_key(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
        mvm_sta = iwl_mvm_sta_from_mac80211(sta);
        iwl_mvm_send_sta_key(mvm, mvm_sta, keyconf, mcast,
                             iv32, phase1key, CMD_ASYNC, keyconf->hw_key_idx);
+
+ unlock:
        rcu_read_unlock();
 }