From 5c8affc6e16f6bad03b5c23d25b2c774b817160a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Berg Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:46:41 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] cfg80211: fix refcount leak commit 2dce4c2b5f0b43bd25bf9ea6ded06b7f8a54c91f upstream. The code in cfg80211's cfg80211_bss_update erroneously grabs a reference to the BSS, which means that it will never be freed. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: John W. Linville Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- net/wireless/scan.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/wireless/scan.c b/net/wireless/scan.c index 1f260c40b6c..bc7f7882986 100644 --- a/net/wireless/scan.c +++ b/net/wireless/scan.c @@ -365,7 +365,6 @@ cfg80211_bss_update(struct cfg80211_registered_device *dev, found = rb_find_bss(dev, res); if (found) { - kref_get(&found->ref); found->pub.beacon_interval = res->pub.beacon_interval; found->pub.tsf = res->pub.tsf; found->pub.signal = res->pub.signal; -- 2.34.1