[PATCH 6.18 110/212] wifi: mac80211: Fix static_branch_dec() underflow for aql_disable.

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-03-23T14:06:35Z

From: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>

[ Upstream commit b94ae8e0d5fe1bdbbfdc3854ff6ce98f6876a828 ]

syzbot reported static_branch_dec() underflow in aql_enable_write(). [0]

The problem is that aql_enable_write() does not serialise concurrent
write()s to the debugfs.

aql_enable_write() checks static_key_false(&aql_disable.key) and
later calls static_branch_inc() or static_branch_dec(), but the
state may change between the two calls.

aql_disable does not need to track inc/dec.

Let's use static_branch_enable() and static_branch_disable().

[0]:
val == 0
WARNING: kernel/jump_label.c:311 at __static_key_slow_dec_cpuslocked.part.0+0x107/0x120 kernel/jump_label.c:311, CPU#0: syz.1.3155/20288
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 20288 Comm: syz.1.3155 Tainted: G U L syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Tainted: [U]=USER, [L]=SOFTLOCKUP
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/24/2026
RIP: 0010:__static_key_slow_dec_cpuslocked.part.0+0x107/0x120 kernel/jump_label.c:311
Code: f2 c9 ff 5b 5d c3 cc cc cc cc e8 54 f2 c9 ff 48 89 df e8 ac f9 ff ff eb ad e8 45 f2 c9 ff 90 0f 0b 90 eb a2 e8 3a f2 c9 ff 90 <0f> 0b 90 eb 97 48 89 df e8 5c 4b 33 00 e9 36 ff ff ff 0f 1f 80 00
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000b9f7c10 EFLAGS: 00010293
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffff9b3e5d40 RCX: ffffffff823c57b4
RDX: ffff8880285a0000 RSI: ffffffff823c5846 RDI: ffff8880285a0000
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 000000000000000a
R13: 1ffff9200173ef88 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: ffffc9000b9f7e98
FS: 00007f530dd726c0(0000) GS:ffff8881245e3000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000200000001140 CR3: 000000007cc4a000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__static_key_slow_dec_cpuslocked kernel/jump_label.c:297 [inline]
__static_key_slow_dec kernel/jump_label.c:321 [inline]
static_key_slow_dec+0x7c/0xc0 kernel/jump_label.c:336
aql_enable_write+0x2b2/0x310 net/mac80211/debugfs.c:343
short_proxy_write+0x133/0x1a0 fs/debugfs/file.c:383
vfs_write+0x2aa/0x1070 fs/read_write.c:684
ksys_pwrite64 fs/read_write.c:793 [inline]
__do_sys_pwrite64 fs/read_write.c:801 [inline]
__se_sys_pwrite64 fs/read_write.c:798 [inline]
__x64_sys_pwrite64+0x1eb/0x250 fs/read_write.c:798
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xc9/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f530cf9aeb9
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007f530dd72028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000012
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f530d215fa0 RCX: 00007f530cf9aeb9
RDX: 0000000000000003 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000010
RBP: 00007f530d008c1f R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 4200000000000005 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f530d216038 R14: 00007f530d215fa0 R15: 00007ffde89fb978
</TASK>

Fixes: e908435e402a ("mac80211: introduce aql_enable node in debugfs")
Reported-by: syzbot+feb9ce36a95341bb47a4@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/69a8979e.a70a0220.b118c.0025.GAE@google.com/
Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260306072405.3649474-1-kuniyu@google.com
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
net/mac80211/debugfs.c | 14 +++++---------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/debugfs.c b/net/mac80211/debugfs.c
index d02f07368c511..687a66cd49433 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/debugfs.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/debugfs.c
@@ -320,7 +320,6 @@ static ssize_t aql_enable_read(struct file *file, char __user *user_buf,
static ssize_t aql_enable_write(struct file *file, const char __user *user_buf,
size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
{
- bool aql_disabled = static_key_false(&aql_disable.key);
char buf[3];
size_t len;

@@ -335,15 +334,12 @@ static ssize_t aql_enable_write(struct file *file, const char __user *user_buf,
if (len > 0 && buf[len - 1] == '\n')
buf[len - 1] = 0;

- if (buf[0] == '0' && buf[1] == '\0') {
- if (!aql_disabled)
- static_branch_inc(&aql_disable);
- } else if (buf[0] == '1' && buf[1] == '\0') {
- if (aql_disabled)
- static_branch_dec(&aql_disable);
- } else {
+ if (buf[0] == '0' && buf[1] == '\0')
+ static_branch_enable(&aql_disable);
+ else if (buf[0] == '1' && buf[1] == '\0')
+ static_branch_disable(&aql_disable);
+ else
return -EINVAL;
- }

return count;
}
--
2.51.0