4 files changed, 32 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/net/wireless/core.c b/net/wireless/core.c
index ff9615a7ee7a..9c21ebf9780e 100644
--- a/net/wireless/core.c
+++ b/net/wireless/core.c
@@ -480,12 +480,10 @@ int wiphy_register(struct wiphy *wiphy)
 	mutex_lock(&cfg80211_mutex);
 
 	res = device_add(&rdev->wiphy.dev);
-	if (res)
-		goto out_unlock;
-
-	res = rfkill_register(rdev->rfkill);
-	if (res)
-		goto out_rm_dev;
+	if (res) {
+		mutex_unlock(&cfg80211_mutex);
+		return res;
+	}
 
 	/* set up regulatory info */
 	wiphy_update_regulatory(wiphy, NL80211_REGDOM_SET_BY_CORE);
@@ -514,13 +512,18 @@ int wiphy_register(struct wiphy *wiphy)
 	cfg80211_debugfs_rdev_add(rdev);
 	mutex_unlock(&cfg80211_mutex);
 
+	/*
+	 * due to a locking dependency this has to be outside of the
+	 * cfg80211_mutex lock
+	 */
+	res = rfkill_register(rdev->rfkill);
+	if (res)
+		goto out_rm_dev;
+
 	return 0;
 
 out_rm_dev:
 	device_del(&rdev->wiphy.dev);
-
-out_unlock:
-	mutex_unlock(&cfg80211_mutex);
 	return res;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(wiphy_register);
diff --git a/net/wireless/wext-compat.c b/net/wireless/wext-compat.c
index bb5e0a5ecfa1..7e5c3a45f811 100644
--- a/net/wireless/wext-compat.c
+++ b/net/wireless/wext-compat.c
@@ -1420,6 +1420,9 @@ int cfg80211_wext_giwessid(struct net_device *dev,
 {
 	struct wireless_dev *wdev = dev->ieee80211_ptr;
 
+	data->flags = 0;
+	data->length = 0;
+
 	switch (wdev->iftype) {
 	case NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC:
 		return cfg80211_ibss_wext_giwessid(dev, info, data, ssid);
diff --git a/net/wireless/wext-core.c b/net/wireless/wext-core.c
index 40385936e286..dc675a3daa3d 100644
--- a/net/wireless/wext-core.c
+++ b/net/wireless/wext-core.c
@@ -782,6 +782,22 @@ static int ioctl_standard_iw_point(struct iw_point *iwp, unsigned int cmd,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (IW_IS_GET(cmd) && !(descr->flags & IW_DESCR_FLAG_NOMAX)) {
+		/*
+		 * If this is a GET, but not NOMAX, it means that the extra
+		 * data is not bounded by userspace, but by max_tokens. Thus
+		 * set the length to max_tokens. This matches the extra data
+		 * allocation.
+		 * The driver should fill it with the number of tokens it
+		 * provided, and it may check iwp->length rather than having
+		 * knowledge of max_tokens. If the driver doesn't change the
+		 * iwp->length, this ioctl just copies back max_token tokens
+		 * filled with zeroes. Hopefully the driver isn't claiming
+		 * them to be valid data.
+		 */
+		iwp->length = descr->max_tokens;
+	}
+
 	err = handler(dev, info, (union iwreq_data *) iwp, extra);
 
 	iwp->length += essid_compat;
diff --git a/net/wireless/wext-priv.c b/net/wireless/wext-priv.c
index 3feb28e41c53..674d426a9d24 100644
--- a/net/wireless/wext-priv.c
+++ b/net/wireless/wext-priv.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static int ioctl_private_iw_point(struct iw_point *iwp, unsigned int cmd,
 	} else if (!iwp->pointer)
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	extra = kmalloc(extra_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	extra = kzalloc(extra_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!extra)
 		return -ENOMEM;