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authorFelix Fietkau2024-01-03 14:13:32 +0000
committerFelix Fietkau2024-01-04 18:09:43 +0000
commit9325da80ab5dbd7caf91b2f98117c5f6ae6fc7c2 (patch)
tree9db3dca61de73e8259735f8843cc6984b456882c
parentb0fc8b47e0d808c57fcb82ef6eb965668c640c50 (diff)
downloadopenwrt-9325da80ab5dbd7caf91b2f98117c5f6ae6fc7c2.tar.gz
mac80211: fix a race condition related to enabling fast-xmit
fast-xmit must only be enabled after the sta has been uploaded to the driver, otherwise it could end up passing the not-yet-uploaded sta via drv_tx calls to the driver, leading to potential crashes because of uninitialized drv_priv data. Add a missing sta->uploaded check and re-check fast xmit after inserting a sta. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name> (cherry picked from commit 438a97fab69b41387e25cbec45271e7fe159a330)
-rw-r--r--package/kernel/mac80211/patches/subsys/337-wifi-mac80211-fix-race-condition-on-enabling-fast-xm.patch34
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/subsys/337-wifi-mac80211-fix-race-condition-on-enabling-fast-xm.patch b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/subsys/337-wifi-mac80211-fix-race-condition-on-enabling-fast-xm.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0ef0aa2ef7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/subsys/337-wifi-mac80211-fix-race-condition-on-enabling-fast-xm.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
+Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2024 15:10:18 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] wifi: mac80211: fix race condition on enabling fast-xmit
+
+fast-xmit must only be enabled after the sta has been uploaded to the driver,
+otherwise it could end up passing the not-yet-uploaded sta via drv_tx calls
+to the driver, leading to potential crashes because of uninitialized drv_priv
+data.
+Add a missing sta->uploaded check and re-check fast xmit after inserting a sta.
+
+Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
+---
+
+--- a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
++++ b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
+@@ -886,6 +886,7 @@ static int sta_info_insert_finish(struct
+
+ if (ieee80211_vif_is_mesh(&sdata->vif))
+ mesh_accept_plinks_update(sdata);
++ ieee80211_check_fast_xmit(sta);
+
+ return 0;
+ out_remove:
+--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
++++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
+@@ -3041,7 +3041,7 @@ void ieee80211_check_fast_xmit(struct st
+ sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION)
+ goto out;
+
+- if (!test_sta_flag(sta, WLAN_STA_AUTHORIZED))
++ if (!test_sta_flag(sta, WLAN_STA_AUTHORIZED) || !sta->uploaded)
+ goto out;
+
+ if (test_sta_flag(sta, WLAN_STA_PS_STA) ||