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mac80211: fix BSS leak
The IBSS code leaks a BSS struct after telling
cfg80211 about a given BSS by passing a frame.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
authored by Johannes Berg and committed by John W. Linville f446d10f 22720645
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net/mac80211/ibss.c
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net/mac80211/ibss.c
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struct ieee80211_mgmt *mgmt;
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u8 *pos;
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struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband;
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struct cfg80211_bss *bss;
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u32 bss_change;
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u8 supp_rates[IEEE80211_MAX_SUPP_RATES];
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mod_timer(&ifibss->timer,
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round_jiffies(jiffies + IEEE80211_IBSS_MERGE_INTERVAL));
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cfg80211_inform_bss_frame(local->hw.wiphy, local->hw.conf.channel,
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mgmt, skb->len, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
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bss = cfg80211_inform_bss_frame(local->hw.wiphy, local->hw.conf.channel,
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mgmt, skb->len, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
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cfg80211_put_bss(bss);
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cfg80211_ibss_joined(sdata->dev, ifibss->bssid, GFP_KERNEL);
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}
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