The WARN_ON() in subject was actually seen only once, with 5.10.200 under syzkaller. It looks like a weird artifact of (ab?)using the syzkaller itself [1], and hopefully may be safely removed. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/1bd8f266-dee0-4d4e-9b50-e22546b55763@xxxxxxxxx/T/#u Signed-off-by: Dmitry Antipov <dmantipov@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/mac80211/ibss.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/mac80211/ibss.c b/net/mac80211/ibss.c index 8b1e02f2f9ae..8f2b445a5ec3 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/ibss.c +++ b/net/mac80211/ibss.c @@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ int ieee80211_ibss_csa_beacon(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, ifibss->ssid_len, IEEE80211_BSS_TYPE_IBSS, IEEE80211_PRIVACY(ifibss->privacy)); - if (WARN_ON(!cbss)) + if (unlikely(!cbss)) return -EINVAL; rcu_read_lock(); -- 2.43.0