cfg80211: free sme on connection failures
cfg80211 is notified about connection failures by
__cfg80211_connect_result() call. However, this
function currently does not free cfg80211 sme.
This results in hanging connection attempts in some cases
e.g. when mac80211 authentication attempt is denied,
we have this function call:
ieee80211_rx_mgmt_auth() -> cfg80211_rx_mlme_mgmt() ->
cfg80211_process_auth() -> cfg80211_sme_rx_auth() ->
__cfg80211_connect_result()
but cfg80211_sme_free() is never get called.
Fixes: ceca7b712 ("cfg80211: separate internal SME implementation")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org (3.10+)
Signed-off-by: Eliad Peller <eliadx.peller@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
diff --git a/net/wireless/sme.c b/net/wireless/sme.c
index acdcb4a8..3546a77 100644
--- a/net/wireless/sme.c
+++ b/net/wireless/sme.c
@@ -234,7 +234,6 @@
NULL, 0, NULL, 0,
WLAN_STATUS_UNSPECIFIED_FAILURE,
false, NULL);
- cfg80211_sme_free(wdev);
}
wdev_unlock(wdev);
}
@@ -648,6 +647,7 @@
cfg80211_unhold_bss(bss_from_pub(bss));
cfg80211_put_bss(wdev->wiphy, bss);
}
+ cfg80211_sme_free(wdev);
return;
}