mac80211_hwsim: fix possible race condition in usage of info->control.sta & control.vif
info->control.sta and control.vif may only be dereferenced during the
drv_tx call otherwise could lead to use-after-free bugs.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Huehn <thomas@net.t-labs.tu-berlin.de>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
index 643f968..0083839 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
@@ -739,11 +739,6 @@
txi = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
- if (txi->control.vif)
- hwsim_check_magic(txi->control.vif);
- if (txi->control.sta)
- hwsim_check_sta_magic(txi->control.sta);
-
ieee80211_tx_info_clear_status(txi);
/* frame was transmitted at most favorable rate at first attempt */