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From: greearb@candelatech.com
To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Subject: [PATCH wireless-next v2 15/28] wifi: iwlwifi: mld: Fix use-after-free of bss_conf
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:00:13 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260312170026.285494-16-greearb@candelatech.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260312170026.285494-1-greearb@candelatech.com>

From: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>

In certain failure paths, the driver is not fully configured, and
it fails to find the link object.  We still need to remove pointers
to the bss_conf to keep from crashing shortly afterwards.

Search all indices for stale pointer if we cannot do the fast
lookup by ID.

Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mld/link.c | 42 +++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mld/link.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mld/link.c
index b5430e8a73d6..1e4959ceb3db 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mld/link.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mld/link.c
@@ -504,23 +504,49 @@ void iwl_mld_remove_link(struct iwl_mld *mld,
 	struct iwl_mld_vif *mld_vif = iwl_mld_vif_from_mac80211(bss_conf->vif);
 	struct iwl_mld_link *link = iwl_mld_link_from_mac80211(bss_conf);
 	bool is_deflink = link == &mld_vif->deflink;
-	u8 fw_id = link->fw_id;
+	u16 fw_id;
 
-	if (WARN_ON(!link || link->active))
-		return;
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!link)) {
+		IWL_ERR(mld, "Remove nonexistent link, bss_conf: 0x%px link-id: %d\n",
+			bss_conf, bss_conf->link_id);
+		fw_id = 0xffff;
+	} else {
+		fw_id  = link->fw_id;
+	}
+
+	/* Not cleaning it up seems worse than cleaning up an active link,
+	 * so continue on even in warning case.
+	 */
+	if (link && WARN_ON_ONCE(link->active))
+		IWL_ERR(mld, "Removing active link, id: %d\n",
+			bss_conf->link_id);
 
 	iwl_mld_rm_link_from_fw(mld, bss_conf);
 	/* Continue cleanup on failure */
 
-	if (!is_deflink)
+	if (link && !is_deflink)
 		kfree_rcu(link, rcu_head);
 
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	RCU_INIT_POINTER(mld_vif->link[bss_conf->link_id], NULL);
 
-	if (WARN_ON(fw_id >= mld->fw->ucode_capa.num_links))
-		return;
-
-	RCU_INIT_POINTER(mld->fw_id_to_bss_conf[fw_id], NULL);
+	if (fw_id >= mld->fw->ucode_capa.num_links) {
+		struct ieee80211_bss_conf *tmp_bss_conf;
+		int i;
+
+		/* Search for any existing back-pointer */
+		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(mld->fw_id_to_bss_conf); i++) {
+			tmp_bss_conf = rcu_dereference(mld->fw_id_to_bss_conf[i]);
+			if (tmp_bss_conf == bss_conf) {
+				IWL_ERR(mld, "WARNING: Found bss_conf in fw_id_to_bss_conf[%i], Nulling pointer.\n",
+					i);
+				RCU_INIT_POINTER(mld->fw_id_to_bss_conf[i], NULL);
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		RCU_INIT_POINTER(mld->fw_id_to_bss_conf[fw_id], NULL);
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 void iwl_mld_handle_missed_beacon_notif(struct iwl_mld *mld,
-- 
2.42.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-03-12 17:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-12 16:59 [PATCH wireless-next v2 00/28] iwlwifi + mac80211 stability greearb
2026-03-12 16:59 ` [PATCH wireless-next v2 01/28] wifi: iwlwifi: mld: Check for NULL before lookup greearb
2026-03-12 17:00 ` [PATCH wireless-next v2 02/28] wifi: iwlwifi: mld: Add check for null vif in stats callback greearb
2026-03-12 17:00 ` [PATCH wireless-next v2 03/28] wifi: wireless: Check debugfs create return values greearb
2026-03-12 17:00 ` [PATCH wireless-next v2 04/28] wifi: mac80211: Check debugfs creation " greearb
2026-03-12 17:00 ` [PATCH wireless-next v2 05/28] wifi: mac80211: do not fail taking sta to lower state greearb
2026-03-12 17:00 ` [PATCH wireless-next v2 06/28] wifi: mac80211: Mark sta as uploaded if single transition succeeds greearb
2026-03-12 17:00 ` [PATCH wireless-next v2 07/28] wifi: mac80211: Fix use-after-free of debugfs inodes greearb
2026-03-12 17:00 ` [PATCH wireless-next v2 08/28] wifi: mac80211: Debugfs safety checks greearb
2026-03-12 17:00 ` [PATCH wireless-next v2 09/28] wifi: mac80211: Use warn-on-once in drv_remove_chanctxt greearb
2026-03-12 17:00 ` [PATCH wireless-next v2 10/28] wifi: mac80211: Ensure sta debugfs is not double-freed greearb
2026-03-12 17:00 ` [PATCH wireless-next v2 11/28] wifi: iwlwifi: mld: Fix stale reference in fw_id_to_link_sta greearb
2026-03-12 17:00 ` [PATCH wireless-next v2 12/28] wifi: iwlwifi: mld: Improve logging in error cases greearb
2026-03-12 17:00 ` [PATCH wireless-next v2 13/28] wifi: iwlwifi: mld: Remove warning about BAID greearb
2026-03-12 17:00 ` [PATCH wireless-next v2 14/28] wifi: mac80211: Add dmesg log regarding warn-on in drv-stop greearb
2026-03-12 17:00 ` greearb [this message]
2026-03-12 17:00 ` [PATCH wireless-next v2 16/28] wifi: iwlwifi: mld: Check for null in iwl_mld_wait_sta_txqs_empty greearb
2026-03-12 17:00 ` [PATCH wireless-next v2 17/28] wifi: iwlwifi: mld: use warn-on-once in error path greearb
2026-03-12 17:00 ` [PATCH wireless-next v2 18/28] wifi: iwlwifi: mld: Use warn-on-once in emlsr exit logic greearb
2026-03-12 17:00 ` [PATCH wireless-next v2 19/28] wifi: iwlwifi: mld: Improve error message in rx path greearb
2026-03-12 17:00 ` [PATCH wireless-next v2 20/28] wifi: iwlwifi: mld: Improve logging message greearb
2026-03-12 17:00 ` [PATCH wireless-next v2 21/28] wifi: iwlwifi: mld: Protect from null mld_sta greearb
2026-03-12 17:00 ` [PATCH wireless-next v2 22/28] wifi: mac80211: Add force-cleanup call to driver greearb
2026-03-12 17:00 ` [PATCH wireless-next v2 23/28] wifi: iwlwifi: mld: Support force-cleanup op greearb
2026-03-12 17:00 ` [PATCH wireless-next v2 24/28] wifi: iwlwifi: mld: Fix NPE in flush logic greearb
2026-03-12 17:00 ` [PATCH wireless-next v2 25/28] wifi: iwlwifi: mld: Fix bad return address in tx code greearb
2026-03-12 17:00 ` [PATCH wireless-next v2 26/28] wifi: mac80211: Ensure link work-items are only initialized once greearb
2026-03-12 17:00 ` [PATCH wireless-next v2 27/28] wifi: iwlwifi: mld: Convert to WARN_ONCE in link removal path greearb
2026-03-12 17:00 ` [PATCH wireless-next v2 28/28] wifi: mac80211: Decrease WARN spam greearb

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