Merge tag 'mac80211-for-davem-2016-04-14' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jberg/mac80211
Johannes Berg says:
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This has just the single fix from Dmitry Ivanov, adding the missing
netlink notifier family check to avoid the socket close DoS problem.
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Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 98c9242..056a730 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -13216,7 +13216,7 @@
struct wireless_dev *wdev;
struct cfg80211_beacon_registration *reg, *tmp;
- if (state != NETLINK_URELEASE)
+ if (state != NETLINK_URELEASE || notify->protocol != NETLINK_GENERIC)
return NOTIFY_DONE;
rcu_read_lock();