From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> This is required, and we have an assertion, move the RTNL unlock down to cover cfg80211_dev_rename(). Fixes: a05829a7222e ("cfg80211: avoid holding the RTNL when calling the driver") Reported-by: syzbot+ed107c5fa3e21cdcd86e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/wireless/nl80211.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c index e5e9d889f00f..3b45a9593e71 100644 --- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c +++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c @@ -3220,7 +3220,6 @@ static int nl80211_set_wiphy(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) wdev = netdev->ieee80211_ptr; wiphy_lock(&rdev->wiphy); - rtnl_unlock(); /* * end workaround code, by now the rdev is available @@ -3230,6 +3229,7 @@ static int nl80211_set_wiphy(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_NAME]) result = cfg80211_dev_rename( rdev, nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_NAME])); + rtnl_unlock(); if (result) goto out; -- 2.26.2