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diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/349-b43-fix-NULL-pointer-dereference-in-b43_phy_copy.patch b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/349-b43-fix-NULL-pointer-dereference-in-b43_phy_copy.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..649ed6bd55 --- /dev/null +++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/349-b43-fix-NULL-pointer-dereference-in-b43_phy_copy.patch @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +From: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de> +Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 23:31:07 +0100 +Subject: [PATCH] b43: fix NULL pointer dereference in b43_phy_copy() +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 +Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit + +phy_read and phy_write are not set for every phy any more sine this: +commit d342b95dd735014a590f9051b1ba227eb54ca8f6 +Author: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com> +Date: Thu Jul 31 21:59:43 2014 +0200 + + b43: don't duplicate common PHY read/write ops + +b43_phy_copy() accesses phy_read and phy_write directly and will fail +with some phys. This patch fixes the regression by using the +b43_phy_read() and b43_phy_write() functions which should be used for +read and write access. + +This should fix this bug report: +https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=87731 + +Reported-by: Volker Kempter <v.kempter@pe.tu-clausthal.de> +Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de> +--- + +--- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/phy_common.c ++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/phy_common.c +@@ -301,8 +301,7 @@ void b43_phy_write(struct b43_wldev *dev + void b43_phy_copy(struct b43_wldev *dev, u16 destreg, u16 srcreg) + { + assert_mac_suspended(dev); +- dev->phy.ops->phy_write(dev, destreg, +- dev->phy.ops->phy_read(dev, srcreg)); ++ b43_phy_write(dev, destreg, b43_phy_read(dev, srcreg)); + } + + void b43_phy_mask(struct b43_wldev *dev, u16 offset, u16 mask) |