linux-stable.git/drivers/net/wireless/b43, branch linux-3.2.y Linux kernel stable tree b43: fix frequency reported on G-PHY with /new/ firmware 2014-07-11T12:33:53+00:00 Rafał Miłecki zajec5@gmail.com 2014-06-12T20:28:22+00:00 e4d4e84fcb628436e36bedb5f75a852e13a5df75 commit 2fc68eb122c7ea6cd5be1fe7d6650c0beb2f4f40 upstream. Support for firmware rev 508+ was added years ago, but we never noticed it reports channel in a different way for G-PHY devices. Instead of offset from 2400 MHz it simply passes channel id (AKA hw_value). So far it was (most probably) affecting monitor mode users only, but the following recent commit made it noticeable for quite everybody: commit 3afc2167f60a327a2c1e1e2600ef209a3c2b75b7 Author: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com> Date: Tue Mar 4 16:50:13 2014 +0200 cfg80211/mac80211: ignore signal if the frame was heard on wrong channel Reported-by: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@iki.fi> Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com> Tested-by: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@iki.fi> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> 
commit 2fc68eb122c7ea6cd5be1fe7d6650c0beb2f4f40 upstream.

Support for firmware rev 508+ was added years ago, but we never noticed
it reports channel in a different way for G-PHY devices. Instead of
offset from 2400 MHz it simply passes channel id (AKA hw_value).

So far it was (most probably) affecting monitor mode users only, but
the following recent commit made it noticeable for quite everybody:

commit 3afc2167f60a327a2c1e1e2600ef209a3c2b75b7
Author: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Date:   Tue Mar 4 16:50:13 2014 +0200

    cfg80211/mac80211: ignore signal if the frame was heard on wrong channel

Reported-by: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@iki.fi>
Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@iki.fi>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
b43: Fix machine check error due to improper access of B43_MMIO_PSM_PHY_HDR 2014-04-30T15:23:26+00:00 Rafał Miłecki zajec5@gmail.com 2014-04-05T16:08:25+00:00 68289dd32489599ba7f351a3e9ee6bbb36757bc8 commit 12cd43c6ed6da7bf7c5afbd74da6959cda6d056b upstream. Register B43_MMIO_PSM_PHY_HDR is 16 bit one, so accessing it with 32b functions isn't safe. On my machine it causes delayed (!) CPU exception: Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint mce: [Hardware Error]: CPU 0: Machine Check Exception: 4 Bank 4: b200000000070f0f mce: [Hardware Error]: TSC 164083803dc mce: [Hardware Error]: PROCESSOR 2:20fc2 TIME 1396650505 SOCKET 0 APIC 0 microcode 0 mce: [Hardware Error]: Run the above through 'mcelog --ascii' mce: [Hardware Error]: Machine check: Processor context corrupt Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal machine check on current CPU Kernel Offset: 0x0 from 0xffffffff81000000 (relocation range: 0xffffffff80000000-0xffffffff9fffffff) Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com> Acked-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> 
commit 12cd43c6ed6da7bf7c5afbd74da6959cda6d056b upstream.

Register B43_MMIO_PSM_PHY_HDR is 16 bit one, so accessing it with 32b
functions isn't safe. On my machine it causes delayed (!) CPU exception:

Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
mce: [Hardware Error]: CPU 0: Machine Check Exception: 4 Bank 4: b200000000070f0f
mce: [Hardware Error]: TSC 164083803dc
mce: [Hardware Error]: PROCESSOR 2:20fc2 TIME 1396650505 SOCKET 0 APIC 0 microcode 0
mce: [Hardware Error]: Run the above through 'mcelog --ascii'
mce: [Hardware Error]: Machine check: Processor context corrupt
Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal machine check on current CPU
Kernel Offset: 0x0 from 0xffffffff81000000 (relocation range: 0xffffffff80000000-0xffffffff9fffffff)

Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
b43: fix the wrong assignment of status.freq in b43_rx() 2014-04-01T23:58:45+00:00 ZHAO Gang gamerh2o@gmail.com 2014-01-17T16:17:38+00:00 e4c0c19999194326f5e46bb4711cb1b7c859f156 commit 64e5acb09ca6b50c97299cff9ef51299470b29f2 upstream. Use the right function to update frequency value. If rx skb is probe response or beacon, the wrong frequency value can cause problem that bss info can't be updated when it should be. Fixes: 8318d78a44d4 ("cfg80211 API for channels/bitrates, mac80211 and driver conversion") Signed-off-by: ZHAO Gang <gamerh2o@gmail.com> Acked-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> 
commit 64e5acb09ca6b50c97299cff9ef51299470b29f2 upstream.

Use the right function to update frequency value.

If rx skb is probe response or beacon, the wrong frequency value can
cause problem that bss info can't be updated when it should be.

Fixes: 8318d78a44d4 ("cfg80211 API for channels/bitrates, mac80211
and driver conversion")
Signed-off-by: ZHAO Gang <gamerh2o@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
b43: ensue that BCMA is "y" when B43 is "y" 2013-07-27T04:34:09+00:00 Hauke Mehrtens hauke@hauke-m.de 2013-06-09T16:53:58+00:00 51f2a0a803cd9cf31401610f40d5ab452b2b7e0a commit 693026ef2e751fd94d2e6c71028e68343cc875d5 upstream. When b43 gets build into the kernel and it should use bcma we have to ensure that bcma was also build into the kernel and not as a module. In this patch this is also done for SSB, although you can not build b43 without ssb support for now. This fixes a build problem reported by Randy Dunlap in 5187EB95.2060605@infradead.org Reported-By: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> 
commit 693026ef2e751fd94d2e6c71028e68343cc875d5 upstream.

When b43 gets build into the kernel and it should use bcma we have to
ensure that bcma was also build into the kernel and not as a module.
In this patch this is also done for SSB, although you can not
build b43 without ssb support for now.

This fixes a build problem reported by Randy Dunlap in
5187EB95.2060605@infradead.org

Reported-By: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
b43: stop format string leaking into error msgs 2013-06-19T01:16:59+00:00 Kees Cook keescook@chromium.org 2013-05-10T21:48:21+00:00 bfb624e7fd41437a2c256adaf4041fe4414f8f26 commit e0e29b683d6784ef59bbc914eac85a04b650e63c upstream. The module parameter "fwpostfix" is userspace controllable, unfiltered, and is used to define the firmware filename. b43_do_request_fw() populates ctx->errors[] on error, containing the firmware filename. b43err() parses its arguments as a format string. For systems with b43 hardware, this could lead to a uid-0 to ring-0 escalation. CVE-2013-2852 Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> 
commit e0e29b683d6784ef59bbc914eac85a04b650e63c upstream.

The module parameter "fwpostfix" is userspace controllable, unfiltered,
and is used to define the firmware filename. b43_do_request_fw() populates
ctx->errors[] on error, containing the firmware filename. b43err()
parses its arguments as a format string. For systems with b43 hardware,
this could lead to a uid-0 to ring-0 escalation.

CVE-2013-2852

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
B43: Handle DMA RX descriptor underrun 2013-05-30T13:34:53+00:00 Thommy Jakobsson thommyj@gmail.com 2013-04-23T19:45:11+00:00 fc6320b1a675001ac9599bf82aeba59f47deba6d commit 73b82bf0bfbf58e6ff328d3726934370585f6e78 upstream. Add handling of rx descriptor underflow. This fixes a fault that could happen on slow machines, where data is received faster than the CPU can handle. In such a case the device will use up all rx descriptors and refuse to send any more data before confirming that it is ok. This patch enables necessary interrupt to discover such a situation and will handle them by dropping everything in the ring buffer. Reviewed-by: Michael Buesch <m@bues.ch> Signed-off-by: Thommy Jakobsson <thommyj@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> [bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> 
commit 73b82bf0bfbf58e6ff328d3726934370585f6e78 upstream.

Add handling of rx descriptor underflow. This fixes a fault that could
happen on slow machines, where data is received faster than the CPU can
handle. In such a case the device will use up all rx descriptors and
refuse to send any more data before confirming that it is ok. This
patch enables necessary interrupt to discover such a situation and will
handle them by dropping everything in the ring buffer.

Reviewed-by: Michael Buesch <m@bues.ch>
Signed-off-by: Thommy Jakobsson <thommyj@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
b43: A fix for DMA transmission sequence errors 2013-04-10T02:20:04+00:00 Iestyn C. Elfick isedev@gmail.com 2013-03-20T19:02:31+00:00 18698bd2d0debaea5558da85c95e4e4ca34f2bc3 commit b251412db99ccd4495ce372fec7daee27bf06923 upstream. Intermittently, b43 will report "Out of order TX status report on DMA ring". When this happens, the driver must be reset before communication can resume. The cause of the problem is believed to be an error in the closed-source firmware; however, all versions of the firmware are affected. This change uses the observation that the expected status is always 2 less than the observed value, and supplies a fake status report to skip one header/data pair. Not all devices suffer from this problem, but it can occur several times per second under heavy load. As each occurence kills the unmodified driver, this patch makes if possible for the affected devices to function. The patch logs only the first instance of the reset operation to prevent spamming the logs. Tested-by: Chris Vine <chris@cvine.freeserve.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> 
commit b251412db99ccd4495ce372fec7daee27bf06923 upstream.

Intermittently, b43 will report "Out of order TX status report on DMA ring".
When this happens, the driver must be reset before communication can resume.
The cause of the problem is believed to be an error in the closed-source
firmware; however, all versions of the firmware are affected.

This change uses the observation that the expected status is always 2 less
than the observed value, and supplies a fake status report to skip one
header/data pair.

Not all devices suffer from this problem, but it can occur several times
per second under heavy load. As each occurence kills the unmodified driver,
this patch makes if possible for the affected devices to function. The patch
logs only the first instance of the reset operation to prevent spamming
the logs.

Tested-by: Chris Vine <chris@cvine.freeserve.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
b43: Increase number of RX DMA slots 2013-03-06T03:24:04+00:00 Larry Finger Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net 2013-02-17T17:01:20+00:00 c6f8eab7b3f687d2642e2c6e99da46d9dcef3927 commit ccae0e50c16a7f7adb029c169147400d1ce9f703 upstream. Bastian Bittorf reported that some of the silent freezes on a Linksys WRT54G were due to overflow of the RX DMA ring buffer, which was created with 64 slots. That finding reminded me that I was seeing similar crashed on a netbook, which also has a relatively slow processor. After increasing the number of slots to 128, runs on the netbook that previously failed now worked; however, I found that 109 slots had been used in one test. For that reason, the number of slots is being increased to 256. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Cc: Bastian Bittorf <bittorf@bluebottle.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> 
commit ccae0e50c16a7f7adb029c169147400d1ce9f703 upstream.

Bastian Bittorf reported that some of the silent freezes on a Linksys WRT54G
were due to overflow of the RX DMA ring buffer, which was created with 64
slots. That finding reminded me that I was seeing similar crashed on a netbook,
which also has a relatively slow processor. After increasing the number of
slots to 128, runs on the netbook that previously failed now worked; however,
I found that 109 slots had been used in one test. For that reason, the number
of slots is being increased to 256.

Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Cc: Bastian Bittorf <bittorf@bluebottle.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
b43: only reload config after successful initialization 2012-05-11T12:14:52+00:00 Seth Forshee seth.forshee@canonical.com 2012-04-25T22:28:00+00:00 3123627c1824ab82fd08001c145d595d42f67def commit dbdedbdf4fbff3d4962a0786f37aa86dfdc48a7e upstream. Commit 2a19032 (b43: reload phy and bss settings after core restarts) introduced an unconditional call to b43_op_config() at the end of b43_op_start(). When firmware fails to load this can wedge the system. There's no need to reload the configuration after a failed initialization anyway, so only make the call if initialization was successful. BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/950295 Cc: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> 
commit dbdedbdf4fbff3d4962a0786f37aa86dfdc48a7e upstream.

Commit 2a19032 (b43: reload phy and bss settings after core restarts)
introduced an unconditional call to b43_op_config() at the end of
b43_op_start(). When firmware fails to load this can wedge the system.
There's no need to reload the configuration after a failed
initialization anyway, so only make the call if initialization was
successful.

BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/950295
Cc: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless into for-davem 2012-01-04T16:37:30+00:00 John W. Linville linville@tuxdriver.com 2012-01-04T16:37:30+00:00 d8f46ff11081f03b09efe82245a3257bab6bf60e