From: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
"John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list)
Subject: [PATCH wireless] mac80211: stop tpt LED trigger timer before freeing trigger
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:47:15 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260715014715.1416183-1-rosenp@gmail.com> (raw)
The throughput (tpt) LED trigger timer is only stopped in
ieee80211_stop_tpt_led_trig(), which is reached via ieee80211_stop_device()
when the interface is brought down. On a hot unplug, the device is torn down
through ieee80211_unregister_hw() without ever going through
ieee80211_do_stop(), so the timer is never stopped.
ieee80211_led_exit() then frees local->tpt_led_trigger (which embeds the
timer) without cancelling it. The still-armed timer keeps firing and
dereferences the freed tpt_trig, walking local->tpt_led's LED list in
led_trigger_blink() -> led_blink_set_nosleep() on the freed wifi LED class
device, causing a use-after-free page fault in interrupt context.
Call ieee80211_stop_tpt_led_trig() in ieee80211_led_exit(), before
unregistering the trigger and freeing the struct, so the timer is always
stopped and can never run after the trigger/LEDs are torn down.
Fixes: e1e540685437 ("mac80211: add throughput based LED blink trigger")
Assisted-by: opencode:hy3-free
Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
---
net/mac80211/led.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/led.c b/net/mac80211/led.c
index b5600d223452..5a7747dfbfb1 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/led.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/led.c
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
#include <linux/export.h>
#include "led.h"
+static void ieee80211_stop_tpt_led_trig(struct ieee80211_local *local);
+
void ieee80211_led_assoc(struct ieee80211_local *local, bool associated)
{
if (!atomic_read(&local->assoc_led_active))
@@ -206,6 +208,7 @@ void ieee80211_led_exit(struct ieee80211_local *local)
led_trigger_unregister(&local->rx_led);
if (local->tpt_led_trigger) {
+ ieee80211_stop_tpt_led_trig(local);
led_trigger_unregister(&local->tpt_led);
kfree(local->tpt_led_trigger);
}
--
2.55.0
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