mac80211: Fix TDLS support validation in add_station handler
We need to verify whether the command is successful before allocating
the station entry to avoid extra processing. This also fixes a memory
leak on the error path.
Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
index ebd7fb1..d06c65f 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
@@ -832,6 +832,12 @@
if (is_multicast_ether_addr(mac))
return -EINVAL;
+ /* Only TDLS-supporting stations can add TDLS peers */
+ if ((params->sta_flags_set & BIT(NL80211_STA_FLAG_TDLS_PEER)) &&
+ !((wiphy->flags & WIPHY_FLAG_SUPPORTS_TDLS) &&
+ sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION))
+ return -ENOTSUPP;
+
sta = sta_info_alloc(sdata, mac, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!sta)
return -ENOMEM;
@@ -841,12 +847,6 @@
sta_apply_parameters(local, sta, params);
- /* Only TDLS-supporting stations can add TDLS peers */
- if (test_sta_flag(sta, WLAN_STA_TDLS_PEER) &&
- !((wiphy->flags & WIPHY_FLAG_SUPPORTS_TDLS) &&
- sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION))
- return -ENOTSUPP;
-
rate_control_rate_init(sta);
layer2_update = sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN ||