There are a few problems in the IBSS code:
 a) it tries to activate interfaces that are down after scanning
 b) it crashes after scanning on an IBSS iface that isn't active
 c) since the ssid_len is used as a flag, need to make it visible
    only after all other settings are set, this helps protect
    against b)

For b), we get a system crash:

wlan0: Creating new IBSS network, BSSID ce:f9:88:76:1e:4d
BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null)
IP: [<...>] ieee80211_sta_find_ibss+0x294/0x37d [mac80211]
Call Trace:
 [<...>] ieee80211_ibss_notify_scan_completed+0x0/0x88 [mac80211]
Signed-off-by: NJohannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: NJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>