git: 6e5d01124fd4 - main - wpa/hostapd: Fix 100% CPU when USB wlan NIC removed
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Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2022 13:12:13 UTC
The branch main has been updated by cy:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=6e5d01124fd4dd57899ddd9260c76dbb43543aa7
commit 6e5d01124fd4dd57899ddd9260c76dbb43543aa7
Author: Cy Schubert <cy@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2022-04-03 03:54:50 +0000
Commit: Cy Schubert <cy@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2022-04-04 13:11:28 +0000
wpa/hostapd: Fix 100% CPU when USB wlan NIC removed
hostapd calls pcap_next(3) to read the next packet off the wlan interface.
pcap_next() returns a pointer to the packet header but does not indicate
success or failure. Unfortunately this results in an infinite loop (100%
CPU) when the wlan device disappears, i.e. when a USB wlan device is
manually removed or a USB error results in the device removal. However
pcap_next_ex(3) does return success or failure. To resolve this we use
pcap_next_ex(), forcing hostapd to exit when the error is encountered.
An error message is printed to syslog or stderr when debugging (-d flag)
is enabled. Unfortunately wpa_printf() only works when debugging is enabled.
PR: 253608
Reported by: Damjan Jovanovic <damjan.jov@gmail.com>,
bz (privately)
MFC after: 3 days
---
contrib/wpa/src/l2_packet/l2_packet_freebsd.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/contrib/wpa/src/l2_packet/l2_packet_freebsd.c b/contrib/wpa/src/l2_packet/l2_packet_freebsd.c
index 48e18fffba57..da742f432120 100644
--- a/contrib/wpa/src/l2_packet/l2_packet_freebsd.c
+++ b/contrib/wpa/src/l2_packet/l2_packet_freebsd.c
@@ -83,7 +83,10 @@ static void l2_packet_receive(int sock, void *eloop_ctx, void *sock_ctx)
unsigned char *buf;
size_t len;
- packet = pcap_next(pcap, &hdr);
+ if (pcap_next_ex(pcap, &hdr, &packet) == -1) {
+ wpa_printf(MSG_ERROR, "Error reading packet, has device disappeared?");
+ eloop_terminate();
+ }
if (!l2->rx_callback || !packet || hdr.caplen < sizeof(*ethhdr))
return;