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    cw1200: Fix concurrency use-after-free bugs in cw1200_hw_scan() · 4f68ef64
    Jia-Ju Bai authored
    The function cw1200_bss_info_changed() and cw1200_hw_scan() can be
    concurrently executed.
    The two functions both access a possible shared variable "frame.skb".
    
    This shared variable is freed by dev_kfree_skb() in cw1200_upload_beacon(),
    which is called by cw1200_bss_info_changed(). The free operation is
    protected by a mutex lock "priv->conf_mutex" in cw1200_bss_info_changed().
    
    In cw1200_hw_scan(), this shared variable is accessed without the
    protection of the mutex lock "priv->conf_mutex".
    Thus, concurrency use-after-free bugs may occur.
    
    To fix these bugs, the original calls to mutex_lock(&priv->conf_mutex) and
    mutex_unlock(&priv->conf_mutex) are moved to the places, which can
    protect the accesses to the shared variable.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarKalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
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