From: Marco Scardovi <scardracs@disroot.org>
To: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>,
Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>,
Ryder Lee <ryder.lee@mediatek.com>,
Deren Wu <deren.wu@mediatek.com>,
Ming Yen Hsieh <mingyen.hsieh@mediatek.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Marco Scardovi <scardracs@disroot.org>
Subject: [PATCH] wifi: mt76: mt792x: fix NULL pointer dereference in mt792x_init_acpi_sar_power
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 18:18:26 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260904161826.5638-1-scardracs@disroot.org> (raw)
In mt792x_init_acpi_sar_power(), capa is obtained from
phy->mt76->hw->wiphy->sar_capa. On systems where ACPI SAR tables exist
(such as ASUS ROG laptops) but wiphy->sar_capa has not yet been
initialized (for instance, when a regulatory notifier triggers
mt7921_set_tx_sar_pwr() before the asynchronous dev->init_work
completes mt76_register_device()), capa is NULL.
Attempting to read capa->num_freq_ranges leads to a NULL pointer
dereference at offset 0x04:
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000004
RIP: 0010:mt792x_init_acpi_sar_power+0x40/0x1ef [mt792x_lib]
Call Trace:
<TASK>
mt792x_init_acpi_sar_power+0x40/0x1ef [mt792x_lib]
mt7921_set_tx_sar_pwr+0x3b/0x70 [mt7921_common]
mt7921_regd_notifier_work+0x1b/0x30 [mt7921_common]
...
Add a check for !capa and !phy->mt76->frp before dereferencing,
matching the existing defensive pattern in mt76/mac80211.c.
Fixes: f965333e491e ("mt76: mt7921: introduce ACPI SAR support")
Signed-off-by: Marco Scardovi <scardracs@disroot.org>
---
drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt792x_acpi_sar.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt792x_acpi_sar.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt792x_acpi_sar.c
index 946dd7956e4a..fbc2f9706dd4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt792x_acpi_sar.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt792x_acpi_sar.c
@@ -326,6 +326,9 @@ int mt792x_init_acpi_sar_power(struct mt792x_phy *phy, bool set_default)
if (!phy->acpisar || !((struct mt792x_acpi_sar *)phy->acpisar)->dyn)
return 0;
+ if (!capa || !phy->mt76->frp)
+ return 0;
+
/* When ACPI SAR enabled in HW, we should apply rules for .frp
* 1. w/o .sar_specs : set ACPI SAR power as the defatul value
* 2. w/ .sar_specs : set power with min(.sar_specs, ACPI_SAR)
--
2.55.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-09-04 16:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-04 16:18 Marco Scardovi [this message]
2026-09-04 23:48 ` [PATCH] wifi: mt76: mt792x: fix NULL pointer dereference in mt792x_init_acpi_sar_power Devin Wittmayer
2026-09-05 5:48 ` Marco Scardovi
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