kernel/linux.git/net/wireless/core.c, branch v6.12.102

wifi: cfg80211: convert pmsr_free_wk to wiphy_work to fix deadlock

2026-08-03T09:17:02+00:00

[ Upstream commit 2b0eab425e1f658d8fe1df7590e3b9af5959505e ] When a netlink socket that owns a PMSR session is closed, cfg80211_release_pmsr() clears the request's nl_portid and queues pmsr_free_wk to call cfg80211_pmsr_process_abort() asynchronously. If the interface tears down concurrently, cfg80211_pmsr_wdev_down() is called under wiphy_lock and calls cancel_work_sync(&pmsr_free_wk) to wait for any running work. The work function acquires wiphy_lock via guard(wiphy) before calling process_abort. This is a deadlock: wdev_down holds wiphy_lock and blocks inside cancel_work_sync(); pmsr_free_wk blocks trying to acquire that same wiphy_lock. Neither thread can proceed. The same deadlock is reachable from cfg80211_leave_locked(), which calls cfg80211_pmsr_wdev_down() for all interface types under wiphy_lock. Fix this by converting pmsr_free_wk from a plain work_struct to a wiphy_work. The wiphy_work dispatcher holds wiphy_lock when running work items, so the explicit guard(wiphy) in the work function is no longer needed. wiphy_work_cancel() can be called safely while holding wiphy_lock - since wiphy_lock prevents the work from running concurrently, wiphy_work_cancel() never blocks, eliminating the deadlock. Remove the cancel_work_sync() for pmsr_free_wk from the NETDEV_GOING_DOWN handler. cfg80211_leave(), called unconditionally just before it, already cancels any pending work under wiphy_lock via wiphy_work_cancel() inside cfg80211_pmsr_wdev_down(). Fixes: 6dccbc9f3e1d ("wifi: cfg80211: cancel pmsr_free_wk in cfg80211_pmsr_wdev_down") Signed-off-by: Peddolla Harshavardhan Reddy Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260703082523.2629324-1-peddolla.reddy@oss.qualcomm.com Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

wifi: cfg80211: define and use wiphy guard

2026-08-03T09:17:02+00:00

[ Upstream commit f42d22d3f79639c1b4e41daf28dad2505d6a5a8b ] Define a guard for the wiphy mutex, and use it in most code in cfg80211, though not all due to some interaction with RTNL and/or indentation. Suggested-by: Jeff Johnson Reviewed-by: Jeff Johnson Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241122094225.88765cbaab65.I610c9b14f36902e75e1d13f0db29f8bef2298804@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Stable-dep-of: 2b0eab425e1f ("wifi: cfg80211: convert pmsr_free_wk to wiphy_work to fix deadlock") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

wifi: cfg80211: cancel sched scan results work on unregister

2026-08-03T09:17:02+00:00

[ Upstream commit edf0730be33696a1bd142792830d392129e495cc ] cfg80211_sched_scan_results() can queue rdev->sched_scan_res_wk from a driver result notification while a scheduled scan request is present. The work callback recovers the containing cfg80211_registered_device and then locks the wiphy and walks the scheduled-scan request list. wiphy_unregister() already makes the wiphy unreachable and drains rdev work items before cfg80211_dev_free() can release the object, but it does not drain sched_scan_res_wk. A queued or running result work item can therefore cross the unregister/free boundary and access freed rdev state. The buggy scenario involves two paths, with each column showing the order within that path: scheduled-scan result path: unregister/free path: 1. cfg80211_sched_scan_results() 1. interface teardown stops and queues rdev->sched_scan_res_wk. removes the scheduled scan request. 2. cfg80211_wq starts the work 2. wiphy_unregister() drains other item and recovers rdev. rdev work items. 3. The worker locks rdev->wiphy 3. cfg80211_dev_free() destroys and and walks rdev state. frees rdev. Cancel sched_scan_res_wk in wiphy_unregister() alongside the other rdev work items. cancel_work_sync() removes a pending result notification and waits for an already running callback, so cfg80211_dev_free() cannot free rdev while this work item is still active. Validation reproduced this kernel report: BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in cfg80211_sched_scan_results_wk+0x4a6/0x530 Workqueue: cfg80211 cfg80211_sched_scan_results_wk [cfg80211] Read of size 8 Call trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x66/0xa0 print_report+0xce/0x630 cfg80211_sched_scan_results_wk+0x4a6/0x530 srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 __virt_addr_valid+0x224/0x430 kasan_report+0xac/0xe0 lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0xea/0x1a0 process_one_work+0x8d0/0x18f0 (kernel/workqueue.c:3212) lock_is_held_type+0x8f/0x100 worker_thread+0x5ad/0xfd0 __kthread_parkme+0xc6/0x200 kthread+0x31e/0x410 trace_hardirqs_on+0x1a/0x170 ret_from_fork+0x576/0x810 __switch_to+0x57e/0xe20 __switch_to_asm+0x33/0x70 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 Fixes: 807f8a8c3004 ("cfg80211/nl80211: add support for scheduled scans") Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.5 Signed-off-by: Cen Zhang Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260619162542.3878296-1-zzzccc427@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

wifi: cfg80211: cancel rfkill_block work in wiphy_unregister()

2026-03-13T16:20:34+00:00

commit 767d23ade706d5fa51c36168e92a9c5533c351a1 upstream. There is a use-after-free error in cfg80211_shutdown_all_interfaces found by syzkaller: BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in cfg80211_shutdown_all_interfaces+0x213/0x220 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888112a78d98 by task kworker/0:5/5326 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5326 Comm: kworker/0:5 Not tainted 6.19.0-rc2 #2 PREEMPT(voluntary) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014 Workqueue: events cfg80211_rfkill_block_work Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1f0 print_report+0xcd/0x630 kasan_report+0xe0/0x110 cfg80211_shutdown_all_interfaces+0x213/0x220 cfg80211_rfkill_block_work+0x1e/0x30 process_one_work+0x9cf/0x1b70 worker_thread+0x6c8/0xf10 kthread+0x3c5/0x780 ret_from_fork+0x56d/0x700 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 The problem arises due to the rfkill_block work is not cancelled when wiphy is being unregistered. In order to fix the issue cancel the corresponding work in wiphy_unregister(). Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller. Fixes: 1f87f7d3a3b4 ("cfg80211: add rfkill support") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Daniil Dulov Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260211082024.1967588-1-d.dulov@aladdin.ru Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

wifi: cfg80211: allow only one NAN interface, also in multi radio

2026-03-04T12:21:13+00:00

[ Upstream commit e69fda4d07701373354e52b0321bd40311d743d0 ] According to Wi-Fi Aware (TM) 4.0 specification 2.8, A NAN device can have one NAN management interface. This applies also to multi radio devices. The current code allows a driver to support more than one NAN interface, if those are not in the same radio. Fix it. Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Miri Korenblit Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260107135129.fdaecec0fe8a.I246b5ba6e9da3ec1481ff197e47f6ce0793d7118@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

wifi: cfg80211: stop NAN and P2P in cfg80211_leave

2026-03-04T12:20:01+00:00

[ Upstream commit e1696c8bd0056bc1a5f7766f58ac333adc203e8a ] Seems that there is an assumption that this function should be called only for netdev interfaces, but it can also be called in suspend, or from nl80211_netlink_notify (indirectly). Note that the documentation of NL80211_ATTR_SOCKET_OWNER explicitly says that NAN interfaces would be destroyed as well in the nl80211_netlink_notify case. Fix this by also stopping P2P and NAN. Fixes: cb3b7d87652a ("cfg80211: add start / stop NAN commands") Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Miri Korenblit Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260107140430.dab142cbef0b.I290cc47836d56dd7e35012ce06bec36c6da688cd@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

wifi: cfg80211: stop radar detection in cfg80211_leave()

2026-01-08T09:13:57+00:00

[ Upstream commit 9f33477b9a31a1edfe2df9f1a0359cccb0e16b4c ] If an interface is set down or, per the previous patch, changes type, radar detection for it should be cancelled. This is done for AP mode in mac80211 (somewhat needlessly, since cfg80211 can do it, but didn't until now), but wasn't handled for mesh, so if radar detection was started and then the interface set down or its type switched (the latter sometimes happning in the hwsim test 'mesh_peer_connected_dfs'), radar detection would be around with the interface unknown to the driver, later leading to some warnings around chanctx usage. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251121174021.290120e419e3.I2a5650c9062e29c988992dd8ce0d8eb570d23267@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

wifi: cfg80211: add an hrtimer based delayed work item

2025-11-24T09:36:05+00:00

[ Upstream commit 7ceba45a6658ce637da334cd0ebf27f4ede6c0fe ] The normal timer mechanism assume that timeout further in the future need a lower accuracy. As an example, the granularity for a timer scheduled 4096 ms in the future on a 1000 Hz system is already 512 ms. This granularity is perfectly sufficient for e.g. timeouts, but there are other types of events that will happen at a future point in time and require a higher accuracy. Add a new wiphy_hrtimer_work type that uses an hrtimer internally. The API is almost identical to the existing wiphy_delayed_work and it can be used as a drop-in replacement after minor adjustments. The work will be scheduled relative to the current time with a slack of 1 millisecond. CC: stable@vger.kernel.org # 6.4+ Signed-off-by: Benjamin Berg Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Miri Korenblit Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251028125710.7f13a2adc5eb.I01b5af0363869864b0580d9c2a1770bafab69566@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg [ replaced hrtimer_setup() call with hrtimer_init() and manual timer.function assignment ] Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

wifi: cfg80211: init wiphy_work before allocating rfkill fails

2025-06-27T10:11:39+00:00

commit fc88dee89d7b63eeb17699393eb659aadf9d9b7c upstream. syzbort reported a uninitialize wiphy_work_lock in cfg80211_dev_free. [1] After rfkill allocation fails, the wiphy release process will be performed, which will cause cfg80211_dev_free to access the uninitialized wiphy_work related data. Move the initialization of wiphy_work to before rfkill initialization to avoid this issue. [1] INFO: trying to register non-static key. The code is fine but needs lockdep annotation, or maybe you didn't initialize this object before use? turning off the locking correctness validator. CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5935 Comm: syz-executor550 Not tainted 6.14.0-rc6-syzkaller-00103-g4003c9e78778 #0 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014 Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:120 assign_lock_key kernel/locking/lockdep.c:983 [inline] register_lock_class+0xc39/0x1240 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:1297 __lock_acquire+0x135/0x3c40 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5103 lock_acquire.part.0+0x11b/0x380 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5851 __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:110 [inline] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x3a/0x60 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162 cfg80211_dev_free+0x30/0x3d0 net/wireless/core.c:1196 device_release+0xa1/0x240 drivers/base/core.c:2568 kobject_cleanup lib/kobject.c:689 [inline] kobject_release lib/kobject.c:720 [inline] kref_put include/linux/kref.h:65 [inline] kobject_put+0x1e4/0x5a0 lib/kobject.c:737 put_device+0x1f/0x30 drivers/base/core.c:3774 wiphy_free net/wireless/core.c:1224 [inline] wiphy_new_nm+0x1c1f/0x2160 net/wireless/core.c:562 ieee80211_alloc_hw_nm+0x1b7a/0x2260 net/mac80211/main.c:835 mac80211_hwsim_new_radio+0x1d6/0x54e0 drivers/net/wireless/virtual/mac80211_hwsim.c:5185 hwsim_new_radio_nl+0xb42/0x12b0 drivers/net/wireless/virtual/mac80211_hwsim.c:6242 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x202/0x2f0 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1115 genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:1195 [inline] genl_rcv_msg+0x565/0x800 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1210 netlink_rcv_skb+0x16b/0x440 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2533 genl_rcv+0x28/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1219 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1312 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x53c/0x7f0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1338 netlink_sendmsg+0x8b8/0xd70 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1882 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:718 [inline] __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:733 [inline] ____sys_sendmsg+0xaaf/0xc90 net/socket.c:2573 ___sys_sendmsg+0x135/0x1e0 net/socket.c:2627 __sys_sendmsg+0x16e/0x220 net/socket.c:2659 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x250 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83 Fixes: 72d520476a2f ("wifi: cfg80211: cancel wiphy_work before freeing wiphy") Reported-by: syzbot+aaf0488c83d1d5f4f029@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Close: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=aaf0488c83d1d5f4f029 Tested-by: syzbot+aaf0488c83d1d5f4f029@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Signed-off-by: Edward Adam Davis Link: https://patch.msgid.link/tencent_258DD9121DDDB9DD9A1939CFAA0D8625B107@qq.com Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: WangYuli Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

wifi: cfg80211: cancel wiphy_work before freeing wiphy

2025-03-22T19:54:10+00:00

[ Upstream commit 72d520476a2fab6f3489e8388ab524985d6c4b90 ] A wiphy_work can be queued from the moment the wiphy is allocated and initialized (i.e. wiphy_new_nm). When a wiphy_work is queued, the rdev::wiphy_work is getting queued. If wiphy_free is called before the rdev::wiphy_work had a chance to run, the wiphy memory will be freed, and then when it eventally gets to run it'll use invalid memory. Fix this by canceling the work before freeing the wiphy. Fixes: a3ee4dc84c4e ("wifi: cfg80211: add a work abstraction with special semantics") Signed-off-by: Miri Korenblit Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250306123626.efd1d19f6e07.I48229f96f4067ef73f5b87302335e2fd750136c9@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin