[PATCH AUTOSEL 4.9 64/64] ath9k: Fix a locking bug in ath9k_add_interface()

From: Sasha Levin
Date: Fri Nov 08 2019 - 06:51:50 EST


From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 461cf036057477805a8a391e5fd0f5264a5e56a8 ]

We tried to revert commit d9c52fd17cb4 ("ath9k: fix tx99 with monitor
mode interface") but accidentally missed part of the locking change.

The lock has to be held earlier so that we're holding it when we do
"sc->tx99_vif = vif;" and also there in the current code there is a
stray unlock before we have taken the lock.

Fixes: 6df0580be8bc ("ath9k: add back support for using active monitor interfaces for tx99")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
index f6151a00041d6..abc997427bae5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
@@ -1249,6 +1249,7 @@ static int ath9k_add_interface(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
struct ath_vif *avp = (void *)vif->drv_priv;
struct ath_node *an = &avp->mcast_node;

+ mutex_lock(&sc->mutex);
if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ATH9K_TX99)) {
if (sc->cur_chan->nvifs >= 1) {
mutex_unlock(&sc->mutex);
@@ -1257,8 +1258,6 @@ static int ath9k_add_interface(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
sc->tx99_vif = vif;
}

- mutex_lock(&sc->mutex);
-
ath_dbg(common, CONFIG, "Attach a VIF of type: %d\n", vif->type);
sc->cur_chan->nvifs++;

--
2.20.1