* [PATCH] wifi: iwlegacy: fix broadcast stations deallocation
@ 2026-08-20 9:30 stf_xl
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From: stf_xl @ 2026-08-20 9:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-wireless; +Cc: martin-eric.racine
From: Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@wp.pl>
On the error path of __il4965_up(), il_dealloc_bcast_stations() clears
only IL_STA_UCODE_ACTIVE, leaving IL_STA_BCAST set. This causes the
same broadcast stations to be deallocated again by __il4965_down().
This can occur when RF_KILL is toggled during driver startup.
To fix clear the entire 'used' field, since we will not do any
other operations on the station.
Reported-and-tested-by: Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.racine+kernel-bugzilla@iki.fi>
Closes: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221733
Fixes: c2fd34469d16 ("iwl4965: Fix a memory leak in error handling code of __il4965_up")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 7.1.x: 57aa1718d595 wifi: iwlegacy: replace BUG_ON() with WARN_ON() on num_stations check
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 6.x.x: 57aa1718d595 wifi: iwlegacy: replace BUG_ON() with WARN_ON() on num_stations check
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 5.x.x: 57aa1718d595 wifi: iwlegacy: replace BUG_ON() with WARN_ON() on num_stations check
Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@wp.pl>
---
drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/common.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/common.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/common.c
index 0bb807ff8edf..e5113c6b2d5c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/common.c
@@ -2326,7 +2326,7 @@ il_dealloc_bcast_stations(struct il_priv *il)
if (!(il->stations[i].used & IL_STA_BCAST))
continue;
- il->stations[i].used &= ~IL_STA_UCODE_ACTIVE;
+ il->stations[i].used = 0;
il->num_stations--;
if (WARN_ON(il->num_stations < 0))
il->num_stations = 0;
--
2.50.1
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