Hi,
> I get this oops in 4.15rc9 when doing the following:
>
> # iw dev wlp2s0 set type ibss
> # ip link set dev wlp2s0 up
> # iw dev wlp2s0 ibss join "TEST" 2412
>
> The oops happens after some delay (approx. 5 seconds).
>
> Hardware is:
>
> 02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 8265 / 8275 (rev 78) pci
> vendor code 8086:24fd
> Subsystem: 8086:0050
>
> Oops message is:
>
> IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlp2s0: link is not ready
> wlp2s0: Trigger new scan to find an IBSS to join
> wlp2s0: Trigger new scan to find an IBSS to join
> wlp2s0: Trigger new scan to find an IBSS to join
> wlp2s0: Trigger new scan to find an IBSS to join
> wlp2s0: Trigger new scan to find an IBSS to join
> wlp2s0: Trigger new scan to find an IBSS to join
> wlp2s0: Trigger new scan to find an IBSS to join
> wlp2s0: Trigger new scan to find an IBSS to join
> wlp2s0: Trigger new scan to find an IBSS to join
> wlp2s0: Trigger new scan to find an IBSS to join
> wlp2s0: Creating new IBSS network, BSSID 3a:94:1d:dd:ab:09
> BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at
> 0000000000000068
We have a fix for this which should go upstream soon:
commit 0e37a1940fcfae99ffec59ad620ed819999feb2d
Author: Sara Sharon <sara.sharon@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu Dec 21 15:05:28 2017 +0200
[BUGFIX] iwlwifi: mvm: fix IBSS for devices that support station type API
in our internal tree which is mirrored here:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/iwlwifi/backport-iwlwifi.git/
