From: "syzbot" <syzbot@kernel.org>
To: syzkaller-bugs@googlegroups.com, Slawomir Stepien <sst@poczta.fm>,
<linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>, "Daniel Drake" <dsd@gentoo.org>
Cc: johannes.berg@intel.com, kees@kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, nihaal@cse.iitm.ac.in,
syzbot@lists.linux.dev
Subject: [PATCH] wifi: zd1211rw: reject secondary interfaces to prevent conflicts
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 08:04:54 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0720e3ad-d98e-47d7-89af-4d22416b0fbc@mail.kernel.org> (raw)
From: Slawomir Stepien <sst@poczta.fm>
The zd1211rw driver is designed for single-function Wi-Fi dongles and
hardcodes its USB endpoints. When a malformed USB device exposes multiple
interfaces that match the driver's device ID, the driver blindly binds to
all of them.
During probe(), the driver calls usb_reset_device(), which iterates over
all interfaces and invokes the pre_reset() callback for each bound
interface. Since multiple interfaces are bound to zd1211rw, pre_reset() is
called sequentially for each instance, acquiring their respective
&mac->chip.mutex. Because all instances initialize their mutexes with the
same lock class, lockdep detects a task acquiring a lock of the same class
it already holds and flags it as a possible recursive deadlock:
WARNING: possible recursive locking detected
kworker/0:1/11 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff88810371dde0 (&chip->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at:
zd_chip_disable_rxtx+0x20/0x50
drivers/net/wireless/zydas/zd1211rw/zd_chip.c:1465
but task is already holding lock:
ffff8881138ddde0 (&chip->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: pre_reset+0x28c/0x380
drivers/net/wireless/zydas/zd1211rw/zd_usb.c:1505
Fix this by explicitly rejecting secondary interfaces (bInterfaceNumber !=
0) during probe(). This ensures that only a single instance of the driver
binds to the device, eliminating the recursive locking scenario.
Fixes: e85d0918b54f ("[PATCH] ZyDAS ZD1211 USB-WLAN driver")
Assisted-by: Gemini:gemini-3.5-flash Gemini:gemini-3.1-pro-preview syzbot
Reported-by: syzbot+0ec3d1a6cf1fbe79c153@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=0ec3d1a6cf1fbe79c153
Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/ai_job?id=00724ef7-fd77-4cde-9779-895b8f63c2f6
Signed-off-by: Slawomir Stepien <sst@poczta.fm>
---
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/zydas/zd1211rw/zd_usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/zydas/zd1211rw/zd_usb.c
index 966d8ccb0..2bb2df12c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/zydas/zd1211rw/zd_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/zydas/zd1211rw/zd_usb.c
@@ -1353,6 +1353,13 @@ static int probe(struct usb_interface *intf, const struct usb_device_id *id)
struct zd_usb *usb;
struct ieee80211_hw *hw = NULL;
+ /* ZD1211 devices are single-function. Reject secondary interfaces
+ * to prevent multiple instances from conflicting on hardcoded endpoints
+ * and triggering recursive locking warnings.
+ */
+ if (intf->cur_altsetting->desc.bInterfaceNumber != 0)
+ return -ENODEV;
+
print_id(udev);
if (id->driver_info & DEVICE_INSTALLER)
base-commit: 1590cf0329716306e948a8fc29f1d3ee87d3989f
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next reply other threads:[~2026-07-29 8:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-29 8:04 syzbot [this message]
2026-07-29 18:53 ` [PATCH] wifi: zd1211rw: reject secondary interfaces to prevent conflicts Jeff Johnson
2026-07-31 17:36 ` Jeff Johnson
2026-07-31 19:45 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
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