Re: [PATCH 1/2] wifi: ath11k: fix null ptr dereference when tx offload is enabled

[Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>]

On 08.03.23 18:47, Pradeep Kumar Chitrapu wrote:
> When tx offload is enabled, info->band from skb cb is 0. This
> causes null pointer access at mac80211 when sband is accessed.
> 
> In offload case, ndo_hard_start will bypass mac80211 tx and no
> function will set info->band in skb cb to correct value.
> 
> Tested-on: QCN9074 hw1.0 PCI WLAN.HK.2.4.0.1-01725-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pradeep Kumar Chitrapu <quic_pradeepc@quicinc.com>
> ---
>   drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp_tx.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
>   1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp_tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp_tx.c
> index 8afbba236935..0f3a32434970 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp_tx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp_tx.c
> @@ -354,8 +364,10 @@ ath11k_dp_tx_htt_tx_complete_buf(struct ath11k_base *ab,
>   			info->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_STAT_NOACK_TRANSMITTED;
>   		}
>   	}
> -
> -	ieee80211_tx_status(ar->hw, msdu);
> +	if (flags & ATH11K_SKB_HW_80211_ENCAP)
> +		ieee80211_tx_status_8023(ar->hw, vif, msdu);
> +	else
> +		ieee80211_tx_status(ar->hw, msdu);
>   }
>   
>   static void
> @@ -610,7 +627,10 @@ static void ath11k_dp_tx_complete_msdu(struct ath11k *ar,
>   
>   	spin_unlock_bh(&ab->base_lock);
>   
> -	ieee80211_tx_status_ext(ar->hw, &status);
> +	if (flags & ATH11K_SKB_HW_80211_ENCAP)
> +		ieee80211_tx_status_8023(ar->hw, vif, msdu);
> +	else
> +		ieee80211_tx_status_ext(ar->hw, &status);
>   }
>   
>   static inline void ath11k_dp_tx_status_parse(struct ath11k_base *ab,
I think using ieee80211_tx_status_8023 is a bad idea. It is simply a 
wrapper around ieee80211_tx_status_ext which looks up the sta based on 
the MSDU DA. This means it is incompatible with 4-address mode.
If you can have a sta pointer available, it is much better to just use 
ieee80211_tx_status_ext unconditionally.

In fact, I think we should simply remove ieee80211_tx_status_8023.

- Felix

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