[PATCH 6.19 011/311] wifi: mac80211: check tdls flag in ieee80211_tdls_oper

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-04-08T18:50:14Z

From: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>

[ Upstream commit 7d73872d949c488a1d7c308031d6a9d89b5e0a8b ]

When NL80211_TDLS_ENABLE_LINK is called, the code only checks if the
station exists but not whether it is actually a TDLS station. This
allows the operation to proceed for non-TDLS stations, causing
unintended side effects like modifying channel context and HT
protection before failing.

Add a check for sta->sta.tdls early in the ENABLE_LINK case, before
any side effects occur, to ensure the operation is only allowed for
actual TDLS peers.

Reported-by: syzbot+56b6a844a4ea74487b7b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=56b6a844a4ea74487b7b
Tested-by: syzbot+56b6a844a4ea74487b7b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Suggested-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260313092417.520807-1-kartikey406@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
net/mac80211/tdls.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/tdls.c b/net/mac80211/tdls.c
index dbbfe2d6842fb..1dca2fae05a52 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tdls.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tdls.c
@@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@ int ieee80211_tdls_oper(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
}

sta = sta_info_get(sdata, peer);
- if (!sta)
+ if (!sta || !sta->sta.tdls)
return -ENOLINK;

iee80211_tdls_recalc_chanctx(sdata, sta);
--
2.53.0