From: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Toke Høiland-Jørgensen" <toke@toke.dk>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list)
Subject: [PATCHv2 ath-next] wifi: ath9k: delete channel-context timers on deinit
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:31:44 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260911213144.130192-1-rosenp@gmail.com> (raw)
ath9k_deinit_channel_context() cancels chanctx_work but does not delete
the offchannel and sched timers set up by ath9k_init_channel_context().
If either timer fires after deinit (e.g. during driver unload or
suspend), it accesses sc->sc_ah which may already be freed by
ath9k_hw_deinit(), causing a use-after-free.
Delete both timers with timer_shutdown_sync() before cancelling the work
item.
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
---
v2: use timer_shutdown_sync()
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/channel.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/channel.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/channel.c
index 8b27d8cc086a..cfb1c90eb4b6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/channel.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/channel.c
@@ -1363,6 +1363,8 @@ void ath9k_init_channel_context(struct ath_softc *sc)
void ath9k_deinit_channel_context(struct ath_softc *sc)
{
+ timer_shutdown_sync(&sc->sched.timer);
+ timer_shutdown_sync(&sc->offchannel.timer);
cancel_work_sync(&sc->chanctx_work);
}
--
2.55.0
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2026-09-11 21:31 Rosen Penev [this message]
2026-09-12 8:23 ` [PATCHv2 ath-next] wifi: ath9k: delete channel-context timers on deinit Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
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