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mwifiex: fix wrong return values in add_virtual_intf() error cases
authorBing Zhao <bzhao@marvell.com>
Wed, 4 Jul 2012 03:43:56 +0000 (20:43 -0700)
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Thu, 12 Jul 2012 03:32:09 +0000 (04:32 +0100)
commit83744791d4f628e83a6aa8fd2d3d694daa547204
tree35dc23f3f117d709ef5624f0e518382f0bd1cbedtree | snapshot
parent907e461a4f50ca31c36575b03c14d2c07ba20df0commit | diff
mwifiex: fix wrong return values in add_virtual_intf() error cases

commit 858faa57dd9e2b91f3f870fbb1185982e42f5a2b upstream

backported for linux-3.2.y, linux-3.3.y, linux-3.4.y

add_virtual_intf() needs to return an ERR_PTR(), instead of NULL,
on errors, otherwise cfg80211 will crash.

Reported-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao <bzhao@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfg80211.c diff | blob | history
Linux kernels and configurations used by Zygo.