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X-BeenThere: ath11k@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "ath11k" Errors-To: ath11k-bounces+ath11k=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org When firmware crashes while wpa_supplicant has an active connection, wpa_supplicant may immediately attempt a scan via nl80211 while the firmware is still powering on through MHI. ath12k_mac_op_hw_scan() proceeds without checking the recovery state, accessing partially initialized radio structures which leads to a NULL pointer dereference: BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 0000000000001508 RIP: ath12k_mac_op_hw_scan+0x148/0x2b0 [ath12k] Call Trace: drv_hw_scan+0x88/0x140 [mac80211] __ieee80211_start_scan+0x2bc/0x6b0 [mac80211] nl80211_trigger_scan+0x54a/0x9f0 [cfg80211] Fix by checking ATH12K_FLAG_RECOVERY at the start of ath12k_mac_op_hw_scan() and returning -EBUSY. mac80211 will retry the scan after the recovery completes. Tested on WCN7850 with MLO (Wi-Fi 7). Signed-off-by: Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c index f33976fc1233..924c3c21ca78 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c @@ -5707,6 +5707,9 @@ int ath12k_mac_op_hw_scan(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, lockdep_assert_wiphy(hw->wiphy); + if (test_bit(ATH12K_FLAG_RECOVERY, &ah->radio[0].ab->dev_flags)) + return -EBUSY; + chan_list = kzalloc_objs(*chan_list, hw_req->req.n_channels); if (!chan_list) return -ENOMEM; -- 2.54.0