ath10k: fix peer stats null pointer dereference
[ Upstream commit 2d3b5585 ] There was a race condition in SMP that an ath10k_peer was created but its member sta was null. Following are procedures of ath10k_peer creation and member sta access in peer statistics path. 1. Peer creation: ath10k_peer_create() =>ath10k_wmi_peer_create() =>ath10k_wait_for_peer_created() ... # another kernel path, RX from firmware ath10k_htt_t2h_msg_handler() =>ath10k_peer_map_event() =>wake_up() # ar->peer_map[id] = peer //add peer to map #wake up original path from waiting ... # peer->sta = sta //sta assignment 2. RX path of statistics ath10k_htt_t2h_msg_handler() =>ath10k_update_per_peer_tx_stats() =>ath10k_htt_fetch_peer_stats() # peer->sta //sta accessing Any access of peer->sta after peer was added to peer_map but before sta was assigned could cause a null pointer issue. And because these two steps are asynchronous, no proper lock can protect them. So both peer and sta need to be checked before access. Tested: QCA9984 with firmware ver 10.4-3.9.0.1-00005 Signed-off-by: Zhi Chen <zhichen@codeaurora.org> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
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