From: Johannes Berg commit ad0e2b5a00dbec303e4682b403bb6703d11dcdb2 Author: Johannes Berg Date: Tue Jun 1 10:19:19 2010 +0200 mac80211: simplify key locking removed the synchronization against RCU and thus opened a race window where we can use a key for TX while it is already freed. Put a synchronisation into the right place to close that window. Reported-by: Jussi Kivilinna Cc: stable@kernel.org [2.6.36+] Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg --- a/net/mac80211/key.c +++ b/net/mac80211/key.c @@ -382,6 +382,12 @@ static void __ieee80211_key_destroy(stru if (!key) return; + /* + * Synchronize so the TX path can no longer be using + * this key before we free/remove it. + */ + synchronize_rcu(); + if (key->local) ieee80211_key_disable_hw_accel(key);