[PATCH] wifi: mac80211: drop stray 'static' from fast-RX rx_result

Catherine
2026-04-24T13:14:45Z

ieee80211_invoke_fast_rx() is documented as safe for parallel RX, but
its per-invocation rx_result is declared static. Concurrent callers then
share one instance and can overwrite each other's result between
ieee80211_rx_mesh_data() and the switch on res.

That can make a packet that was queued or consumed by
ieee80211_rx_mesh_data() fall through into ieee80211_rx_8023(), or make
a packet that should continue return as queued.

Make res an automatic variable so each invocation keeps its own result.

Fixes: 3468e1e0c639 ("wifi: mac80211: add mesh fast-rx support")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Catherine <enderaoelyther@gmail.com>
---
net/mac80211/rx.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/rx.c b/net/mac80211/rx.c
index 3e5d1c47a..8719db8f3 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rx.c
@@ -4971,7 +4971,7 @@ static bool ieee80211_invoke_fast_rx(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx,
struct sk_buff *skb = rx->skb;
struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr = (void *)skb->data;
struct ieee80211_rx_status *status = IEEE80211_SKB_RXCB(skb);
- static ieee80211_rx_result res;
+ ieee80211_rx_result res;
int orig_len = skb->len;
int hdrlen = ieee80211_hdrlen(hdr->frame_control);
int snap_offs = hdrlen;
--
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)