cfg80211: fix refcount leak

The code in cfg80211's cfg80211_bss_update erroneously grabs a reference to the BSS, which means that it will never be freed. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] [2.6.29, 2.6.30] Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <[email protected]>
rtvt123 · Jul 7, 2009 · 2dce4c2 · 2dce4c2
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diff --git a/net/wireless/scan.c b/net/wireless/scan.c
@@ -366,7 +366,6 @@ cfg80211_bss_update(struct cfg80211_registered_device *dev,
 	found = rb_find_bss(dev, res);
 
 	if (found) {
-		kref_get(&found->ref);
 		found->pub.beacon_interval = res->pub.beacon_interval;
 		found->pub.tsf = res->pub.tsf;
 		found->pub.signal = res->pub.signal;