From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
To: lkml@pengaru.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: pkshih@realtek.com, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: BUG: 4.10 rtlwifi regression - NULL pointer dereference
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2017 20:03:18 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <32f982bb-a437-1f40-5306-1069ee8311f9@lwfinger.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170109014150.GD4623@shells.gnugeneration.com>
On 01/08/2017 07:41 PM, lkml@pengaru.com wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> Gave 4.10-rc2 a shot today using the attached config. The kernel panics
> with a NULL pointer dereference upon starting dhclient after
> wpa_supplicant.
>
> The network device is a USB dongle:
> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 7392:7811 Edimax Technology Co., Ltd EW-7811Un 802.11n Wireless Adapter [Realtek RTL8188CUS]
>
> Reverting 'ba9f93f rtlwifi: Fix enter/exit power_save' prevents the
> crash.
>
> Sorry I don't have a verbatim capture of the panic, but I was able to
> catch the relevant parts and rtl_lps_leave() is dereferencing a NULL hw,
> below setup_arp_tx() and rtl_is_special_data(). That's what led me to
> reverting ba9f93f since it clearly plays with that stuff.
>
> FWIW machine is a plain X61s thinkpad, 1.8Ghz.
>
You need the patch from
http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=148234081512703&w=2. It was pushed with the
notation that it needed to be included in 4.10; however, it has not yet
percolated through the system.
Larry
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2017-01-09 1:41 lkml
2017-01-09 2:03 ` Larry Finger [this message]
2017-01-09 2:25 ` lkml
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