From: Zhao Li <enderaoelyther@gmail.com>
To: Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@wp.pl>
Cc: Wey-Yi Guy <wey-yi.w.guy@intel.com>,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] wifi: iwlegacy: unregister the LED if 3945 hardware registration fails
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 22:23:28 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261028142328.18560-1-enderaoelyther@gmail.com> (raw)
If ieee80211_register_hw() fails during 3945 setup, later LED callbacks
can access hardware and driver state that probe has already freed.
il3945_setup_mac() registers the LED before the mac80211 hardware, but
its registration error path does not call il_leds_exit(). The analogous
4965 failure releases the driver and reaches its existing remove cleanup.
Unregister the 3945 LED before unwinding a failed hardware registration.
LLM assistance was used to find the bug and review.
Fixes: 5ed540aecc2a ("iwlwifi: use mac80211 throughput trigger")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Zhao Li <enderaoelyther@gmail.com>
---
Validation: A W=1 module build with MODPOST passed. Not
reproduced; 3945 hardware was unavailable.
Sparse C=2 passed. Targeted Smatch introduced no new diagnostics.
drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/3945-mac.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/3945-mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/3945-mac.c
index f7ca182d1494..5e11f0597255 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/3945-mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/3945-mac.c
@@ -3529,6 +3529,7 @@ il3945_setup_mac(struct il_priv *il)
ret = ieee80211_register_hw(il->hw);
if (ret) {
IL_ERR("Failed to register hw (error %d)\n", ret);
+ il_leds_exit(il);
return ret;
}
il->mac80211_registered = 1;
base-commit: 25e73f1d6868c759c8eb56cad4e411692c5341b4
--
2.56.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-10-28 14:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-28 14:23 Zhao Li [this message]
2026-10-29 8:19 ` [PATCH] wifi: iwlegacy: unregister the LED if 3945 hardware registration fails Stanislaw Gruszka
2026-10-29 9:43 ` Zhao Li
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