[PATCH 3.5] mwifiex: fix wrong return values in add_virtual_intf() error cases

[Bing Zhao <bzhao@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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

Reported-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao <bzhao@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
This patch should go to linux-stable too. But it has merge conflict.
I'll resend a backport patch to linux-stable as soon as this patch reaches
upstream mainline.

 drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfg80211.c |   25 +++++++++++--------------
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
index 9c2e08e..ef5a88b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
@@ -1525,7 +1525,7 @@ struct net_device *mwifiex_add_virtual_intf(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 	struct wireless_dev *wdev;
 
 	if (!adapter)
-		return NULL;
+		return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
 
 	switch (type) {
 	case NL80211_IFTYPE_UNSPECIFIED:
@@ -1535,12 +1535,12 @@ struct net_device *mwifiex_add_virtual_intf(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 		if (priv->bss_mode) {
 			wiphy_err(wiphy,
 				  "cannot create multiple sta/adhoc ifaces\n");
-			return NULL;
+			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 		}
 
 		wdev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct wireless_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!wdev)
-			return NULL;
+			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 		wdev->wiphy = wiphy;
 		priv->wdev = wdev;
@@ -1563,12 +1563,12 @@ struct net_device *mwifiex_add_virtual_intf(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 
 		if (priv->bss_mode) {
 			wiphy_err(wiphy, "Can't create multiple AP interfaces");
-			return NULL;
+			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 		}
 
 		wdev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct wireless_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!wdev)
-			return NULL;
+			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 		priv->wdev = wdev;
 		wdev->wiphy = wiphy;
@@ -1585,14 +1585,15 @@ struct net_device *mwifiex_add_virtual_intf(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 		break;
 	default:
 		wiphy_err(wiphy, "type not supported\n");
-		return NULL;
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	}
 
 	dev = alloc_netdev_mq(sizeof(struct mwifiex_private *), name,
 			      ether_setup, 1);
 	if (!dev) {
 		wiphy_err(wiphy, "no memory available for netdevice\n");
-		goto error;
+		priv->bss_mode = NL80211_IFTYPE_UNSPECIFIED;
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
 
 	mwifiex_init_priv_params(priv, dev);
@@ -1623,7 +1624,9 @@ struct net_device *mwifiex_add_virtual_intf(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 	/* Register network device */
 	if (register_netdevice(dev)) {
 		wiphy_err(wiphy, "cannot register virtual network device\n");
-		goto error;
+		free_netdev(dev);
+		priv->bss_mode = NL80211_IFTYPE_UNSPECIFIED;
+		return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
 	}
 
 	sema_init(&priv->async_sem, 1);
@@ -1635,12 +1638,6 @@ struct net_device *mwifiex_add_virtual_intf(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 	mwifiex_dev_debugfs_init(priv);
 #endif
 	return dev;
-error:
-	if (dev && (dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNREGISTERED))
-		free_netdev(dev);
-	priv->bss_mode = NL80211_IFTYPE_UNSPECIFIED;
-
-	return NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mwifiex_add_virtual_intf);
 
-- 
1.7.0.2

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