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cfg80211: fix rcu in cfg80211_unregister_wdev
Callers of cfg80211_unregister_wdev can free the wdev object immediately after this function returns. This may crash the kernel because this wdev object is still in use by other threads. Add synchronize_rcu() after list_del_rcu to make sure wdev object can be safely freed. Signed-off-by: Dedy Lansky <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <[email protected]>
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net/wireless/core.c

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@@ -1012,6 +1012,7 @@ void cfg80211_unregister_wdev(struct wireless_dev *wdev)
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nl80211_notify_iface(rdev, wdev, NL80211_CMD_DEL_INTERFACE);
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list_del_rcu(&wdev->list);
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synchronize_rcu();
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rdev->devlist_generation++;
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switch (wdev->iftype) {

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