cfg80211: fix BSS struct IE access races
When a BSS struct is updated, the IEs are currently overwritten or freed. This can lead to races if some other CPU is accessing the BSS struct and using the IEs concurrently. Fix this by always allocating the IEs in a new struct that holds the data and length and protecting access to this new struct with RCU. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
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@@ -1797,7 +1797,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(regulatory_hint);
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void regulatory_hint_11d(struct wiphy *wiphy,
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enum ieee80211_band band,
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u8 *country_ie,
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const u8 *country_ie,
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u8 country_ie_len)
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{
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char alpha2[2];
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