FAILED: patch "[PATCH] wifi: cfg80211: cancel rfkill_block work in" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] wifi: cfg80211: cancel rfkill_block work in" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree

[gregkh]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.1-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.1.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 767d23ade706d5fa51c36168e92a9c5533c351a1
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026030934-undocked-comic-8b24@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.1.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 767d23ade706d5fa51c36168e92a9c5533c351a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniil Dulov <d.dulov@aladdin.ru>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:20:24 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] wifi: cfg80211: cancel rfkill_block work in
 wiphy_unregister()

There is a use-after-free error in cfg80211_shutdown_all_interfaces found
by syzkaller:

BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in cfg80211_shutdown_all_interfaces+0x213/0x220
Read of size 8 at addr ffff888112a78d98 by task kworker/0:5/5326
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5326 Comm: kworker/0:5 Not tainted 6.19.0-rc2 #2 PREEMPT(voluntary)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014
Workqueue: events cfg80211_rfkill_block_work
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1f0
 print_report+0xcd/0x630
 kasan_report+0xe0/0x110
 cfg80211_shutdown_all_interfaces+0x213/0x220
 cfg80211_rfkill_block_work+0x1e/0x30
 process_one_work+0x9cf/0x1b70
 worker_thread+0x6c8/0xf10
 kthread+0x3c5/0x780
 ret_from_fork+0x56d/0x700
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
 </TASK>

The problem arises due to the rfkill_block work is not cancelled when wiphy
is being unregistered. In order to fix the issue cancel the corresponding
work in wiphy_unregister().

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.

Fixes: 1f87f7d3a3b4 ("cfg80211: add rfkill support")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Daniil Dulov <d.dulov@aladdin.ru>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260211082024.1967588-1-d.dulov@aladdin.ru
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

diff --git a/net/wireless/core.c b/net/wireless/core.c
index 9af85d655027..d35cf04cbc81 100644
--- a/net/wireless/core.c
+++ b/net/wireless/core.c
@@ -1212,6 +1212,7 @@ void wiphy_unregister(struct wiphy *wiphy)
 	/* this has nothing to do now but make sure it's gone */
 	cancel_work_sync(&rdev->wiphy_work);
 
+	cancel_work_sync(&rdev->rfkill_block);
 	cancel_work_sync(&rdev->conn_work);
 	flush_work(&rdev->event_work);
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&rdev->dfs_update_channels_wk);

[PATCH 6.1.y 1/2] wifi: cfg80211: move scan done work to wiphy work

[Sasha Levin]

From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

[ Upstream commit fe0af9fe54d0ff53aa49eef390c8962355b274e2 ]

Move the scan done work to the new wiphy work to
simplify the code a bit.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Stable-dep-of: 767d23ade706 ("wifi: cfg80211: cancel rfkill_block work in wiphy_unregister()")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 net/wireless/core.c |  3 +--
 net/wireless/core.h |  4 ++--
 net/wireless/scan.c | 14 ++++----------
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/wireless/core.c b/net/wireless/core.c
index 2b6bdb7eaf18d..bc84953510e71 100644
--- a/net/wireless/core.c
+++ b/net/wireless/core.c
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ struct wiphy *wiphy_new_nm(const struct cfg80211_ops *ops, int sizeof_priv,
 	spin_lock_init(&rdev->bss_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rdev->bss_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rdev->sched_scan_req_list);
-	INIT_WORK(&rdev->scan_done_wk, __cfg80211_scan_done);
+	wiphy_work_init(&rdev->scan_done_wk, __cfg80211_scan_done);
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&rdev->dfs_update_channels_wk,
 			  cfg80211_dfs_channels_update_work);
 #ifdef CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT
@@ -1125,7 +1125,6 @@ void wiphy_unregister(struct wiphy *wiphy)
 	/* this has nothing to do now but make sure it's gone */
 	cancel_work_sync(&rdev->wiphy_work);
 
-	flush_work(&rdev->scan_done_wk);
 	cancel_work_sync(&rdev->conn_work);
 	flush_work(&rdev->event_work);
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&rdev->dfs_update_channels_wk);
diff --git a/net/wireless/core.h b/net/wireless/core.h
index 17dfdf9fe7495..987c41b12856a 100644
--- a/net/wireless/core.h
+++ b/net/wireless/core.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ struct cfg80211_registered_device {
 	struct sk_buff *scan_msg;
 	struct list_head sched_scan_req_list;
 	time64_t suspend_at;
-	struct work_struct scan_done_wk;
+	struct wiphy_work scan_done_wk;
 
 	struct genl_info *cur_cmd_info;
 
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ bool cfg80211_valid_key_idx(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
 int cfg80211_validate_key_settings(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
 				   struct key_params *params, int key_idx,
 				   bool pairwise, const u8 *mac_addr);
-void __cfg80211_scan_done(struct work_struct *wk);
+void __cfg80211_scan_done(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct wiphy_work *wk);
 void ___cfg80211_scan_done(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
 			   bool send_message);
 void cfg80211_add_sched_scan_req(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
diff --git a/net/wireless/scan.c b/net/wireless/scan.c
index 7369172819fdf..a2cab0593366a 100644
--- a/net/wireless/scan.c
+++ b/net/wireless/scan.c
@@ -1096,16 +1096,9 @@ void ___cfg80211_scan_done(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
 		nl80211_send_scan_msg(rdev, msg);
 }
 
-void __cfg80211_scan_done(struct work_struct *wk)
+void __cfg80211_scan_done(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct wiphy_work *wk)
 {
-	struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev;
-
-	rdev = container_of(wk, struct cfg80211_registered_device,
-			    scan_done_wk);
-
-	wiphy_lock(&rdev->wiphy);
-	___cfg80211_scan_done(rdev, true);
-	wiphy_unlock(&rdev->wiphy);
+	___cfg80211_scan_done(wiphy_to_rdev(wiphy), true);
 }
 
 void cfg80211_scan_done(struct cfg80211_scan_request *request,
@@ -1131,7 +1124,8 @@ void cfg80211_scan_done(struct cfg80211_scan_request *request,
 	}
 
 	request->notified = true;
-	queue_work(cfg80211_wq, &wiphy_to_rdev(request->wiphy)->scan_done_wk);
+	wiphy_work_queue(request->wiphy,
+			 &wiphy_to_rdev(request->wiphy)->scan_done_wk);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfg80211_scan_done);
 
-- 
2.51.0

[PATCH 6.1.y 2/2] wifi: cfg80211: cancel rfkill_block work in wiphy_unregister()

[Sasha Levin]

From: Daniil Dulov <d.dulov@aladdin.ru>

[ Upstream commit 767d23ade706d5fa51c36168e92a9c5533c351a1 ]

There is a use-after-free error in cfg80211_shutdown_all_interfaces found
by syzkaller:

BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in cfg80211_shutdown_all_interfaces+0x213/0x220
Read of size 8 at addr ffff888112a78d98 by task kworker/0:5/5326
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5326 Comm: kworker/0:5 Not tainted 6.19.0-rc2 #2 PREEMPT(voluntary)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014
Workqueue: events cfg80211_rfkill_block_work
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1f0
 print_report+0xcd/0x630
 kasan_report+0xe0/0x110
 cfg80211_shutdown_all_interfaces+0x213/0x220
 cfg80211_rfkill_block_work+0x1e/0x30
 process_one_work+0x9cf/0x1b70
 worker_thread+0x6c8/0xf10
 kthread+0x3c5/0x780
 ret_from_fork+0x56d/0x700
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
 </TASK>

The problem arises due to the rfkill_block work is not cancelled when wiphy
is being unregistered. In order to fix the issue cancel the corresponding
work in wiphy_unregister().

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.

Fixes: 1f87f7d3a3b4 ("cfg80211: add rfkill support")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Daniil Dulov <d.dulov@aladdin.ru>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260211082024.1967588-1-d.dulov@aladdin.ru
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 net/wireless/core.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/net/wireless/core.c b/net/wireless/core.c
index bc84953510e71..e75326932c329 100644
--- a/net/wireless/core.c
+++ b/net/wireless/core.c
@@ -1125,6 +1125,7 @@ void wiphy_unregister(struct wiphy *wiphy)
 	/* this has nothing to do now but make sure it's gone */
 	cancel_work_sync(&rdev->wiphy_work);
 
+	cancel_work_sync(&rdev->rfkill_block);
 	cancel_work_sync(&rdev->conn_work);
 	flush_work(&rdev->event_work);
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&rdev->dfs_update_channels_wk);
-- 
2.51.0