kernel/linux.git/drivers/net/wireless/marvell, branch v7.1.6

wifi: mwifiex: fix NULL dereference when the AP has HT-cap but no HT-oper

2026-08-03T09:25:50+00:00

commit c3d68e294cbb6a4090bb219d3dcaca85a011809b upstream. mwifiex_tdls_add_ht_oper() gates its follow-the-AP-bandwidth path on bss_desc->bcn_ht_cap being present, but then dereferences a different pointer, bss_desc->bcn_ht_oper: if (ISSUPP_CHANWIDTH40(priv->adapter->hw_dot_11n_dev_cap) && bss_desc->bcn_ht_cap && ISALLOWED_CHANWIDTH40(bss_desc->bcn_ht_oper->ht_param)) bcn_ht_cap and bcn_ht_oper are populated independently while parsing the associated AP's beacon in mwifiex_update_bss_desc_with_ie(): an AP that advertises an HT Capabilities element but no HT Operation element leaves bcn_ht_cap non-NULL and bcn_ht_oper NULL. Setting up a TDLS link to a peer while associated to such an AP then dereferences the NULL bcn_ht_oper and crashes the kernel. Every other bcn_ht_oper user in the driver NULL-checks it first. Guard on the pointer that is actually dereferenced. Found by 0sec automated security-research tooling (https://0sec.ai). Fixes: 396939f94084 ("mwifiex: add HT operation IE in TDLS setup confirm") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Assisted-by: 0sec:multi-model Signed-off-by: Doruk Tan Ozturk Reviewed-by: Francesco Dolcini Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260716103042.88469-1-doruk@0sec.ai Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

wifi: mwifiex: bound uAP association event IEs to the event buffer

2026-08-03T09:25:31+00:00

[ Upstream commit f0858bfc7d3cab411a447b88e3ef970e575032c9 ] mwifiex_process_uap_event() handles EVENT_UAP_STA_ASSOC by exposing the (re)association request IEs that the firmware copies into the event: sinfo->assoc_req_ies = &event->data[len]; len = (u8 *)sinfo->assoc_req_ies - (u8 *)&event->frame_control; sinfo->assoc_req_ies_len = le16_to_cpu(event->len) - (u16)len; event->len is supplied by the device firmware and is never validated, and the subtraction is unchecked. assoc_req_ies points into adapter->event_body[MAX_EVENT_SIZE], a fixed-size array embedded in the kmalloc()'d struct mwifiex_adapter. On the ap_11n_enabled path mwifiex_set_sta_ht_cap() walks these IEs with cfg80211_find_ie(), whose for_each_element() loop dereferences each element header. A firmware-reported event->len larger than the bytes actually received makes assoc_req_ies_len describe IEs that extend past event_body, so the walk reads out of the adapter slab object, a slab-out-of-bounds read (KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in cfg80211_find_ie). An event->len smaller than the header instead makes the int subtraction negative, which wraps to a huge size_t when stored in assoc_req_ies_len. The same length is handed to cfg80211_new_sta(), so a more modest over-claim can also copy stale event_body bytes into the NL80211_CMD_NEW_STATION notification. A malicious or malfunctioning mwifiex device (USB/SDIO/PCIe) can deliver such an event while the interface is in AP/uAP mode. Validate event->len before use: reject a length that underflows the header or that would place the IEs outside the event_body[] buffer the event was copied into. event->len here is struct mwifiex_assoc_event.len, a payload field internal to this event, not the transport frame length, so it is validated in this handler rather than at the generic MWIFIEX_TYPE_EVENT receive path, which only sees the event cause and the transport frame length. The bound is against event_body[MAX_EVENT_SIZE] rather than the actually-received length because the transports store the event differently (USB and SDIO leave the 4-byte event header in event_skb, PCIe strips it via skb_pull), whereas event_body is the single fixed buffer all of them copy the event into. This is the event-path analogue of the receive-path bounds checks added in commit 119585281617 ("wifi: mwifiex: Fix OOB and integer underflow when rx packets"). Fixes: e568634ae7ac ("mwifiex: add AP event handling framework") Signed-off-by: HE WEI (ギカク) Reviewed-by: Francesco Dolcini Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260715135711.34688-1-skyexpoc@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

wifi: mwifiex: fix freeze for 60 seconds caused by request_firmware

2026-08-03T09:25:25+00:00

[ Upstream commit 121a96c5a0db8d18e2ba2cb89660cca8a40508fe ] Fix regression in rgpower table loading, caused by using request_firmware(): when the requested firmware does not exist, e.g. nxp/rgpower_WW.bin does not exist on OpenWRT builds for WRT3200ACM, request_firmware() falls back to firmware_fallback_sysfs(), which expects the firmware to be provided by user space using SYSFS. No such utility is provided in this configuration, so the entire system locks up for 60 seconds, until the request times out. During this time, no other log messages are observed, and the device does not respond to commands over UART. The request_firmware() call is performed in the following context: current->comm kworker/1:2 in_task 1 irqs_disabled 0 in_atomic 0 Fixed by using request_firmware_direct(). This prevents fallback to SYSFS, and avoids delay. The rgpower table is optional. The driver falls back to the device tree power table if the firmware is not present. The error code is printed for debugging and returned to the caller, which only cares for success or failure, so there are no side effects. Fixes: 7b6f16a25806 ("wifi: mwifiex: add rgpower table loading support") Signed-off-by: Georgi Valkov Reviewed-by: Francesco Dolcini Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260712221709.7099-1-gvalkov@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

wifi: libertas: fix memory leak in helper_firmware_cb()

2026-08-03T09:25:18+00:00

[ Upstream commit 63c2391deefb31e1b801b7f32bd502ca4808639b ] helper_firmware_cb() neglects to free the single-stage firmware image after a successful async load, leading to a memory leak in the USB firmware-download path. Fix this memory leak by calling release_firmware() immediately after lbs_fw_loaded() returns. The bug was first flagged by an experimental analysis tool we are developing for kernel memory-management bugs while analyzing v6.13-rc1. The tool is still under development and is not yet publicly available. Manual inspection confirms that the bug is still present in the current wireless tree. An x86_64 allyesconfig build showed no new warnings. As we do not have compatible Libertas USB hardware for exercising this firmware-download path, no runtime testing was able to be performed. Fixes: 1dfba3060fe7 ("libertas: move firmware lifetime handling to firmware.c") Signed-off-by: Dawei Feng Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260624085343.575508-1-dawei.feng@seu.edu.cn Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

wifi: mwifiex: fix permanently busy scans after multiple roam iterations

2026-07-24T14:21:23+00:00

commit d78a407bad6f500884a8606aea1a5a9207be4030 upstream. In order for the firmware to sleep, the driver has to confirm a previously received sleep request. The normal sequence of evets goes like this: EVENT_SLEEP -> adapter->ps_state = PS_STATE_PRE_SLEEP -> sleep-confirm -> SLEEP -> EVENT_AWAKE -> AWAKE. Before sending the sleep-confirm command, the driver must make sure there are no commands either running or waiting to be completed. mwifiex_ret_802_11_associate() unconditionally sets ps_state = PS_STATE_AWAKE when it processes the association command response, outside of the normal powersave management flow. If EVENT_SLEEP arrives while the association command is in flight, ps_state is PRE_SLEEP when the association command response is parsed, and the forced AWAKE overwrites it. The deferred sleep-confirm is never sent. A subsequent scan_start command is correctly acknowledged, but the firmware doesn't generate scan_result events. The scan request never finishes, and additional requests from userspace fail with -EBUSY. After testing on both IW412 and W8997, I could only trigger the bug on the IW412 and observed the firmwares behave differently. On the IW412 the firmware still sends EVENT_SLEEP while the authentication / association process is ongoing. A W8997 under the same conditions seems to suppress power-save for the duration of the association, so PRE_SLEEP never coincided with the association response even after extended periods of testing using the loops described below (>12hours). On the IW412, the delay between commands that triggers an EVENT_SLEEP was empirically determined to be ~20ms. This delay can naturally occur when the driver is outputting debugging information (debug_mask = 0x00000037), in which situation the busy scans issue is repeatable while running "test 1)" as described below. If the delay between commands is less than ~20ms, the firmware stays awake and the issue was not reproducible running the same test. The host_mlme=false path also behaves differently. In this case, the entire authentication / association transaction is executed by one command (HostCmd_CMD_802_11_ASSOCIATE), and the firmware doesn't emit EVENT_SLEEP while the command is running. Remove the assignment so the ps_state is only manipulated in the paths that are related to powersave event handling and on the main workqueue for correct sleep confirmation. The following loop tests were performed (with debugging output enabled): 1) force roaming between two AP's, one 5GHz and one 2.4GHz, same SSID. Use wpa_cli to trigger the roaming behavior, sleep 2s between iterations. 2) force a disconnection to AP 1 and a connection to AP 2, test scan. Use wpa_cli to trigger the connection changes, sleep 2s between iterations. Each test ran in each device for at least 3 hours. Fixes: 5e6e3a92b9a4 ("wireless: mwifiex: initial commit for Marvell mwifiex driver") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-7 Signed-off-by: Rafael Beims Reviewed-by: Jeff Chen Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260612122547.1586872-2-rafael@beims.me Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

wifi: mwifiex: fix roaming to different channel in host_mlme mode

2026-07-24T14:21:21+00:00

commit a707e4127c0f893c7a7703500ab56297a5bd2d51 upstream. When host MLME is enabled, mwifiex_cfg80211_authenticate() transmits the authentication frame on a remain-on-channel (ROC) reservation so that the frame is sent on the target BSS's channel. The ROC is only configured when priv->auth_flag is zero. priv->auth_flag is set to HOST_MLME_AUTH_PENDING when the auth frame is queued and advances to HOST_MLME_AUTH_DONE once authentication completes. It is only cleared back to zero on a disconnect, deauth or timeout path; nothing clears it when an association succeeds. It therefore stays at HOST_MLME_AUTH_DONE for the whole connected session. When the station later roams to a BSS on a different channel, the next authentication finds auth_flag != 0, skips the ROC setup, and the auth frame is transmitted on the currently-associated channel instead of the target's channel. Authentication times out on the new AP and the device stays connected to the original AP. Gate the ROC setup on HOST_MLME_AUTH_PENDING instead of on auth_flag being completely clear. This re-arms the remain-on-channel for every new authentication attempt, while still suppressing a redundant ROC during the multi-frame SAE exchange, where auth_flag stays PENDING between the commit and confirm frames. This change was tested in 3 different devices: Verdin AM62 (IW412 SD-UART) - (16.92.21.p142) Verdin iMX8MM (W8997 SD-SD) - (16.68.1.p197) Verdin iMX8MP (W8997 SD-UART) - (16.92.21.p137) There following loop tests were performed: 1) force roaming between two AP's, one 5GHz and one 2.4GHz, same SSID. Use wpa_cli to trigger the roaming behavior, sleep 2s between iterations. 2) force a disconnection to AP 1 and a connection to AP 2, test scan. Use wpa_cli to trigger the connection changes, sleep 2s between iterations. Each test ran in each device for at least 3 hours. Fixes: 36995892c271 ("wifi: mwifiex: add host mlme for client mode") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-7 Signed-off-by: Rafael Beims Reviewed-by: Francesco Dolcini Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260610150021.1018611-1-rafael@beims.me Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

wifi: libertas_tf: fix use-after-free in lbtf_free_adapter()

2026-07-24T14:21:13+00:00

commit aa6dcd5c8dd9ba1d7d0f60093bcda41c0d6d438d upstream. lbtf_free_adapter() calls timer_delete(&priv->command_timer), which does not wait for a running command_timer_fn() callback. lbtf_free_adapter() runs on the teardown path right before ieee80211_free_hw() frees priv, both in lbtf_remove_card() and in the probe error path. command_timer is armed by mod_timer() in lbtf_cmd() whenever a firmware command is sent. command_timer_fn() dereferences priv. If a command times out as the device is removed, command_timer_fn() runs concurrently with teardown and dereferences priv after it has been freed. This is the same use-after-free that commit 03cc8f90d053 ("wifi: libertas: fix use-after-free in lbs_free_adapter()") fixed in the sibling libertas driver. The libertas_tf variant has the identical pattern and was left unchanged. Use timer_delete_sync() so any in-flight callback completes before priv is freed. Fixes: 06b16ae53192 ("libertas_tf: main.c, data paths and mac80211 handlers") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Maoyi Xie Link: https://patch.msgid.link/178211481807.2212567.8773346114561900100@maoyixie.com Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

wifi: libertas: notify firmware load wait on disconnect

2026-05-05T09:55:30+00:00

Currently, when the firmware is not fully loaded and if_usb_disconnect is called, if_usb_prog_firmware gets stuck waiting for cardp->surprise_removed or cardp->fwdnldover while lbs_remove_card also waits for the firmware loading to be completed, which never happens. This caused the reported syzbot bug. To address this, the wake_up function call can be added in the if_usb_disconnect function which notifies the if_usb_prog_firmware thread and resolves the firmware loading. Fixes: 954ee164f4f4 ("[PATCH] libertas: reorganize and simplify init sequence") Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+c99d17aa44dbdba16ad2@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=c99d17aa44dbdba16ad2 Signed-off-by: Jakov Novak Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260504162356.17250-2-jakovnovak30@gmail.com [fix subject] Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: libertas: fix integer underflow in process_cmdrequest()

2026-04-27T10:40:32+00:00

The existing validation only checks if recvlength exceeds LBS_CMD_BUFFER_SIZE, but doesn't check the lower bound. When a USB device sends a response shorter than MESSAGE_HEADER_LEN, the subtraction (recvlength - MESSAGE_HEADER_LEN) wraps to a huge value, causing memcpy to corrupt the heap. Add the same lower bound check that libertas_tf already has. Signed-off-by: Amir Mohammad Jahangirzad Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260418004247.368944-1-a.jahangirzad@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: libertas_tf: refactor endpoint lookup

2026-04-08T06:33:40+00:00

Use the common USB helpers for looking up bulk and interrupt endpoints (and determining max packet size) instead of open coding. Note that the driver has an implicit max packet size check which is kept. Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260407151111.3187826-4-johan@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg