From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Daniel Hodges <git@danielhodges.dev>,
Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.12.y] wifi: mwifiex: fix use-after-free in mwifiex_adapter_cleanup()
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:31:55 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260430163155.1837709-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026043026-graveyard-rinse-022f@gregkh>
From: Daniel Hodges <git@danielhodges.dev>
[ Upstream commit ae5e95d4157481693be2317e3ffcd84e36010cbb ]
The mwifiex_adapter_cleanup() function uses timer_delete()
(non-synchronous) for the wakeup_timer before the adapter structure is
freed. This is incorrect because timer_delete() does not wait for any
running timer callback to complete.
If the wakeup_timer callback (wakeup_timer_fn) is executing when
mwifiex_adapter_cleanup() is called, the callback will continue to
access adapter fields (adapter->hw_status, adapter->if_ops.card_reset,
etc.) which may be freed by mwifiex_free_adapter() called later in the
mwifiex_remove_card() path.
Use timer_delete_sync() instead to ensure any running timer callback has
completed before returning.
Fixes: 4636187da60b ("mwifiex: add wakeup timer based recovery mechanism")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Daniel Hodges <git@danielhodges.dev>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260206194401.2346-1-git@danielhodges.dev
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
[ changed `timer_delete_sync()` to `del_timer_sync()` ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/init.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/init.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/init.c
index 8b61e45cd6678..4caf54954894d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/init.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/init.c
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ static void mwifiex_invalidate_lists(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter)
static void
mwifiex_adapter_cleanup(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter)
{
- del_timer(&adapter->wakeup_timer);
+ del_timer_sync(&adapter->wakeup_timer);
cancel_delayed_work_sync(&adapter->devdump_work);
mwifiex_cancel_all_pending_cmd(adapter);
wake_up_interruptible(&adapter->cmd_wait_q.wait);
--
2.53.0
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2026-04-30 13:51 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] wifi: mwifiex: fix use-after-free in" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree gregkh
2026-04-30 16:31 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
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