From 4479004e6409087d1b4986881dc98c6c15dffb28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Hughes Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 19:41:49 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: clear subdir_stations when removing debugfs If we don't do this, and we then fail to recreate the debugfs directory during a mode change, then we will fail later trying to add stations to this now bogus directory: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000006c IP: [] mutex_lock+0x12/0x30 Call Trace: [] start_creating+0x44/0xc0 [] debugfs_create_dir+0x13/0xf0 [] ieee80211_sta_debugfs_add+0x6e/0x490 [mac80211] Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Tom Hughes Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg --- net/mac80211/debugfs_netdev.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/net/mac80211/debugfs_netdev.c b/net/mac80211/debugfs_netdev.c index 29236e832e44..c09c0131bfa2 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/debugfs_netdev.c +++ b/net/mac80211/debugfs_netdev.c @@ -723,6 +723,7 @@ void ieee80211_debugfs_remove_netdev(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata) debugfs_remove_recursive(sdata->vif.debugfs_dir); sdata->vif.debugfs_dir = NULL; + sdata->debugfs.subdir_stations = NULL; } void ieee80211_debugfs_rename_netdev(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata) -- 2.34.1