[PATCH 6.12 38/40] wifi: ath12k: fix read pointer after free in ath12k_mac_assign_vif_to_vdev()

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

6.12-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Aditya Kumar Singh <quic_adisi@quicinc.com>

[ Upstream commit 5a10971c7645a95f5d5dc23c26fbac4bf61801d0 ]

In ath12k_mac_assign_vif_to_vdev(), if arvif is created on a different
radio, it gets deleted from that radio through a call to
ath12k_mac_unassign_link_vif(). This action frees the arvif pointer.
Subsequently, there is a check involving arvif, which will result in a
read-after-free scenario.

Fix this by moving this check after arvif is again assigned via call to
ath12k_mac_assign_link_vif().

Tested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.3.1-00173-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1

Closes: https://scan5.scan.coverity.com/#/project-view/63541/10063?selectedIssue=1636423
Fixes: b5068bc9180d ("wifi: ath12k: Cache vdev configs before vdev create")
Signed-off-by: Aditya Kumar Singh <quic_adisi@quicinc.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Johnson <jeff.johnson@oss.qualcomm.com>
Acked-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241210-read_after_free-v1-1-969f69c7d66c@quicinc.com
Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson <jeff.johnson@oss.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Amelia Crate <acrate@waldn.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c |    6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c
@@ -6733,15 +6733,15 @@ static struct ath12k *ath12k_mac_assign_
 
 	mutex_lock(&ar->conf_mutex);
 
-	if (arvif->is_created)
-		goto flush;
-
 	if (vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP &&
 	    ar->num_peers > (ar->max_num_peers - 1)) {
 		ath12k_warn(ab, "failed to create vdev due to insufficient peer entry resource in firmware\n");
 		goto unlock;
 	}
 
+	if (arvif->is_created)
+		goto flush;
+
 	if (ar->num_created_vdevs > (TARGET_NUM_VDEVS - 1)) {
 		ath12k_warn(ab, "failed to create vdev, reached max vdev limit %d\n",
 			    TARGET_NUM_VDEVS);