kernel/linux.git/net/wireless/reg.c, branch v6.1.168

wifi: cfg80211: Add missing lock in cfg80211_check_and_end_cac()

2026-02-19T15:25:20+00:00

[ Upstream commit 2c5dee15239f3f3e31aa5c8808f18996c039e2c1 ] Callers of wdev_chandef() must hold the wiphy mutex. But the worker cfg80211_propagate_cac_done_wk() never takes the lock. Which triggers the warning below with the mesh_peer_connected_dfs test from hostapd and not (yet) released mac80211 code changes: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 495 at net/wireless/chan.c:1552 wdev_chandef+0x60/0x165 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 495 Comm: kworker/u4:2 Not tainted 6.14.0-rc5-wt-g03960e6f9d47 #33 13c287eeabfe1efea01c0bcc863723ab082e17cf Workqueue: cfg80211 cfg80211_propagate_cac_done_wk Stack: 00000000 00000001 ffffff00 6093267c 00000000 6002ec30 6d577c50 60037608 00000000 67e8d108 6063717b 00000000 Call Trace: [<6002ec30>] ? _printk+0x0/0x98 [<6003c2b3>] show_stack+0x10e/0x11a [<6002ec30>] ? _printk+0x0/0x98 [<60037608>] dump_stack_lvl+0x71/0xb8 [<6063717b>] ? wdev_chandef+0x60/0x165 [<6003766d>] dump_stack+0x1e/0x20 [<6005d1b7>] __warn+0x101/0x20f [<6005d3a8>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0xe3/0x15d [<600b0c5c>] ? mark_lock.part.0+0x0/0x4ec [<60751191>] ? __this_cpu_preempt_check+0x0/0x16 [<600b11a2>] ? mark_held_locks+0x5a/0x6e [<6005d2c5>] ? warn_slowpath_fmt+0x0/0x15d [<60052e53>] ? unblock_signals+0x3a/0xe7 [<60052f2d>] ? um_set_signals+0x2d/0x43 [<60751191>] ? __this_cpu_preempt_check+0x0/0x16 [<607508b2>] ? lock_is_held_type+0x207/0x21f [<6063717b>] wdev_chandef+0x60/0x165 [<605f89b4>] regulatory_propagate_dfs_state+0x247/0x43f [<60052f00>] ? um_set_signals+0x0/0x43 [<605e6bfd>] cfg80211_propagate_cac_done_wk+0x3a/0x4a [<6007e460>] process_scheduled_works+0x3bc/0x60e [<6007d0ec>] ? move_linked_works+0x4d/0x81 [<6007d120>] ? assign_work+0x0/0xaa [<6007f81f>] worker_thread+0x220/0x2dc [<600786ef>] ? set_pf_worker+0x0/0x57 [<60087c96>] ? to_kthread+0x0/0x43 [<6008ab3c>] kthread+0x2d3/0x2e2 [<6007f5ff>] ? worker_thread+0x0/0x2dc [<6006c05b>] ? calculate_sigpending+0x0/0x56 [<6003b37d>] new_thread_handler+0x4a/0x64 irq event stamp: 614611 hardirqs last enabled at (614621): [<00000000600bc96b>] __up_console_sem+0x82/0xaf hardirqs last disabled at (614630): [<00000000600bc92c>] __up_console_sem+0x43/0xaf softirqs last enabled at (614268): [<00000000606c55c6>] __ieee80211_wake_queue+0x933/0x985 softirqs last disabled at (614266): [<00000000606c52d6>] __ieee80211_wake_queue+0x643/0x985 Fixes: 26ec17a1dc5e ("cfg80211: Fix radar event during another phy CAC") Signed-off-by: Alexander Wetzel Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250717162547.94582-1-Alexander@wetzel-home.de Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg [ Use wiphy_lock() and wiphy_unlock() instead of guard() in v6.1.y. ] Signed-off-by: Bin Lan Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

wifi: cfg80211: regulatory: improve invalid hints checking

2025-03-13T11:53:14+00:00

commit 59b348be7597c4a9903cb003c69e37df20c04a30 upstream. Syzbot keeps reporting an issue [1] that occurs when erroneous symbols sent from userspace get through into user_alpha2[] via regulatory_hint_user() call. Such invalid regulatory hints should be rejected. While a sanity check from commit 47caf685a685 ("cfg80211: regulatory: reject invalid hints") looks to be enough to deter these very cases, there is a way to get around it due to 2 reasons. 1) The way isalpha() works, symbols other than latin lower and upper letters may be used to determine a country/domain. For instance, greek letters will also be considered upper/lower letters and for such characters isalpha() will return true as well. However, ISO-3166-1 alpha2 codes should only hold latin characters. 2) While processing a user regulatory request, between reg_process_hint_user() and regulatory_hint_user() there happens to be a call to queue_regulatory_request() which modifies letters in request->alpha2[] with toupper(). This works fine for latin symbols, less so for weird letter characters from the second part of _ctype[]. Syzbot triggers a warning in is_user_regdom_saved() by first sending over an unexpected non-latin letter that gets malformed by toupper() into a character that ends up failing isalpha() check. Prevent this by enhancing is_an_alpha2() to ensure that incoming symbols are latin letters and nothing else. [1] Syzbot report: ------------[ cut here ]------------ Unexpected user alpha2: A� WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 964 at net/wireless/reg.c:442 is_user_regdom_saved net/wireless/reg.c:440 [inline] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 964 at net/wireless/reg.c:442 restore_alpha2 net/wireless/reg.c:3424 [inline] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 964 at net/wireless/reg.c:442 restore_regulatory_settings+0x3c0/0x1e50 net/wireless/reg.c:3516 Modules linked in: CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 964 Comm: kworker/1:2 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc5-syzkaller-00044-gc1e939a21eb1 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/13/2024 Workqueue: events_power_efficient crda_timeout_work RIP: 0010:is_user_regdom_saved net/wireless/reg.c:440 [inline] RIP: 0010:restore_alpha2 net/wireless/reg.c:3424 [inline] RIP: 0010:restore_regulatory_settings+0x3c0/0x1e50 net/wireless/reg.c:3516 ... Call Trace: crda_timeout_work+0x27/0x50 net/wireless/reg.c:542 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3229 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xa65/0x1850 kernel/workqueue.c:3310 worker_thread+0x870/0xd30 kernel/workqueue.c:3391 kthread+0x2f2/0x390 kernel/kthread.c:389 ret_from_fork+0x4d/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244 Reported-by: syzbot+e10709ac3c44f3d4e800@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=e10709ac3c44f3d4e800 Fixes: 09d989d179d0 ("cfg80211: add regulatory hint disconnect support") Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Nikita Zhandarovich Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250228134659.1577656-1-n.zhandarovich@fintech.ru Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

wifi: cfg80211: fix regulatory disconnect for non-MLO

2023-07-19T14:22:09+00:00

commit b22552fcaf1970360005c805d7fba4046cf2ab4a upstream. The multi-link loop here broke disconnect when multi-link operation (MLO) isn't active for a given interface, since in that case valid_links is 0 (indicating no links, i.e. no MLO.) Fix this by taking that into account properly and skipping the link only if there are valid_links in the first place. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 7b0a0e3c3a88 ("wifi: cfg80211: do some rework towards MLO link APIs") Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230616222844.eb073d650c75.I72739923ef80919889ea9b50de9e4ba4baa836ae@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

wifi: cfg80211: fix regulatory disconnect with OCB/NAN

2023-07-19T14:21:10+00:00

[ Upstream commit e8c2af660ba0790afd14d5cbc2fd05c6dc85e207 ] Since regulatory disconnect was added, OCB and NAN interface types were added, which made it completely unusable for any driver that allowed OCB/NAN. Add OCB/NAN (though NAN doesn't do anything, we don't have any info) and also remove all the logic that opts out, so it won't be broken again if/when new interface types are added. Fixes: 6e0bd6c35b02 ("cfg80211: 802.11p OCB mode handling") Fixes: cb3b7d87652a ("cfg80211: add start / stop NAN commands") Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230616222844.2794d1625a26.I8e78a3789a29e6149447b3139df724a6f1b46fc3@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

wifi: cfg80211: fix double lock bug in reg_wdev_chan_valid()

2023-06-21T14:00:54+00:00

commit 996c3117dae4c02b38a3cb68e5c2aec9d907ec15 upstream. The locking was changed recently so now the caller holds the wiphy_lock() lock. Taking the lock inside the reg_wdev_chan_valid() function will lead to a deadlock. Fixes: f7e60032c661 ("wifi: cfg80211: fix locking in regulatory disconnect") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/40c4114a-6cb4-4abf-b013-300b598aba65@moroto.mountain Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

wifi: cfg80211: fix locking in regulatory disconnect

2023-06-21T14:00:54+00:00

commit f7e60032c6618dfd643c7210d5cba2789e2de2e2 upstream. This should use wiphy_lock() now instead of requiring the RTNL, since __cfg80211_leave() via cfg80211_leave() is now requiring that lock to be held. Fixes: a05829a7222e ("cfg80211: avoid holding the RTNL when calling the driver") Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

wifi: cfg80211: Fix not unregister reg_pdev when load_builtin_regdb_keys() fails

2022-12-31T12:32:20+00:00

[ Upstream commit 833a9fd28c9b7ccb39a334721379e992dc1c0c89 ] In regulatory_init_db(), when it's going to return a error, reg_pdev should be unregistered. When load_builtin_regdb_keys() fails it doesn't do it and makes cfg80211 can't be reload with report: sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename '/devices/platform/regulatory.0' ... dump_stack_lvl+0x79/0x9b sysfs_warn_dup.cold+0x1c/0x29 sysfs_create_dir_ns+0x22d/0x290 kobject_add_internal+0x247/0x800 kobject_add+0x135/0x1b0 device_add+0x389/0x1be0 platform_device_add+0x28f/0x790 platform_device_register_full+0x376/0x4b0 regulatory_init+0x9a/0x4b2 [cfg80211] cfg80211_init+0x84/0x113 [cfg80211] ... Fixes: 90a53e4432b1 ("cfg80211: implement regdb signature checking") Signed-off-by: Chen Zhongjin Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221109090237.214127-1-chenzhongjin@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

wifi: cfg80211: fix memory leak in query_regdb_file()

2022-10-21T10:35:57+00:00

In the function query_regdb_file() the alpha2 parameter is duplicated using kmemdup() and subsequently freed in regdb_fw_cb(). However, request_firmware_nowait() can fail without calling regdb_fw_cb() and thus leak memory. Fixes: 007f6c5e6eb4 ("cfg80211: support loading regulatory database as firmware file") Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: cfg80211: get correct AP link chandef

2022-08-25T08:40:52+00:00

When checking for channel regulatory validity, use the AP link chandef (and not mesh's chandef). Fixes: 7b0a0e3c3a88 ("wifi: cfg80211: do some rework towards MLO link APIs") Signed-off-by: Shaul Triebitz Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: cfg80211: do some rework towards MLO link APIs

2022-06-20T10:54:58+00:00

In order to support multi-link operation with multiple links, start adding some APIs. The notable addition here is to have the link ID in a new nl80211 attribute, that will be used to differentiate the links in many nl80211 operations. So far, this patch adds the netlink NL80211_ATTR_MLO_LINK_ID attribute (as well as the NL80211_ATTR_MLO_LINKS attribute) and plugs it through the system in some places, checking the validity etc. along with other infrastructure needed for it. For now, I've decided to include only the over-the-air link ID in the API. I know we discussed that we eventually need to have to have other ways of identifying a link, but for local AP mode and auth/assoc commands as well as set_key etc. we'll use the OTA ID. Also included in this patch is some refactoring of the data structures in struct wireless_dev, splitting for the first time the data into type dependent pieces, to make reasoning about these things easier. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg