> On 3/21/23 02:58, Lorenzo Bianconi wrote:
> > > From: Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Stop referencing 'features' memory after release_firmware is called.
> > >
> > > Fixes this crash:
> > >
> > > RIP: 0010:mt7921_check_offload_capability+0x17d
> > > mt7921_pci_probe+0xca/0x4b0
> > > ...
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/init.c | 11 +++++++++--
> > > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/init.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/init.c
> > > index 38d6563cb12f..d2bb8d02ce0a 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/init.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/init.c
> > > @@ -165,12 +165,12 @@ mt7921_mac_init_band(struct mt7921_dev *dev, u8 band)
> > > u8 mt7921_check_offload_capability(struct device *dev, const char *fw_wm)
> > > {
> > > - struct mt7921_fw_features *features = NULL;
> > > const struct mt76_connac2_fw_trailer *hdr;
> > > struct mt7921_realease_info *rel_info;
> > > const struct firmware *fw;
> > > int ret, i, offset = 0;
> > > const u8 *data, *end;
> > > + u8 offload_caps = 0;
> > > ret = request_firmware(&fw, fw_wm, dev);
> > > if (ret)
> > > @@ -197,12 +197,19 @@ u8 mt7921_check_offload_capability(struct device *dev, const char *fw_wm)
> > > data += sizeof(*rel_info);
> > > end = data + le16_to_cpu(rel_info->len);
> > > + /* TODO: This needs better sanity checking I think.
> > > + * Likely a corrupted firmware with bad rel_info->len, for instance,
> > > + * would blow this up.
> > > + */
> >
> > can you please repost dropping this comment?
>
> Why? Looks to me like this portion of mtk driver logic assumes firmware is
> never corrupted on accident or on purpose. It should be fixed at some point.
even if this is a theoretical issue, this does not seem the right way to track
it and it is not related to this patch.
Regards,
Lorenzo
>
> Thanks,
> Ben
>
> --
> Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com
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