Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Kmemleak reported this error:
>
> unreferenced object 0xd73d1180 (size 184):
> comm "wpa_supplicant", pid 1559, jiffies 13006305 (age 964.245s)
> hex dump (first 32 bytes):
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1e 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 ................
> backtrace:
> [<5ca11420>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x20c/0x5ac
> [<127bdd74>] __alloc_skb+0x144/0x170
> [<fb8a5e38>] __netdev_alloc_skb+0x50/0x180
> [<0f9fa1d5>] __ieee80211_beacon_get+0x290/0x4d4 [mac80211]
> [<7accd02d>] ieee80211_beacon_get_tim+0x54/0x18c [mac80211]
> [<41e25cc3>] wfx_start_ap+0xc8/0x234 [wfx]
> [<93a70356>] ieee80211_start_ap+0x404/0x6b4 [mac80211]
> [<a4a661cd>] nl80211_start_ap+0x76c/0x9e0 [cfg80211]
> [<47bd8b68>] genl_rcv_msg+0x198/0x378
> [<453ef796>] netlink_rcv_skb+0xd0/0x130
> [<6b7c977a>] genl_rcv+0x34/0x44
> [<66b2d04d>] netlink_unicast+0x1b4/0x258
> [<f965b9b6>] netlink_sendmsg+0x1e8/0x428
> [<aadb8231>] ____sys_sendmsg+0x1e0/0x274
> [<d2b5212d>] ___sys_sendmsg+0x80/0xb4
> [<69954f45>] __sys_sendmsg+0x64/0xa8
> unreferenced object 0xce087000 (size 1024):
> comm "wpa_supplicant", pid 1559, jiffies 13006305 (age 964.246s)
> hex dump (first 32 bytes):
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
> 10 00 07 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ...@............
> backtrace:
> [<9a993714>] __kmalloc_track_caller+0x230/0x600
> [<f83ea192>] kmalloc_reserve.constprop.0+0x30/0x74
> [<a2c61343>] __alloc_skb+0xa0/0x170
> [<fb8a5e38>] __netdev_alloc_skb+0x50/0x180
> [<0f9fa1d5>] __ieee80211_beacon_get+0x290/0x4d4 [mac80211]
> [<7accd02d>] ieee80211_beacon_get_tim+0x54/0x18c [mac80211]
> [<41e25cc3>] wfx_start_ap+0xc8/0x234 [wfx]
> [<93a70356>] ieee80211_start_ap+0x404/0x6b4 [mac80211]
> [<a4a661cd>] nl80211_start_ap+0x76c/0x9e0 [cfg80211]
> [<47bd8b68>] genl_rcv_msg+0x198/0x378
> [<453ef796>] netlink_rcv_skb+0xd0/0x130
> [<6b7c977a>] genl_rcv+0x34/0x44
> [<66b2d04d>] netlink_unicast+0x1b4/0x258
> [<f965b9b6>] netlink_sendmsg+0x1e8/0x428
> [<aadb8231>] ____sys_sendmsg+0x1e0/0x274
> [<d2b5212d>] ___sys_sendmsg+0x80/0xb4
>
> However, since the kernel is build optimized, it seems the stack is not
> accurate. It appears the issue is related to wfx_set_mfp_ap(). The issue
> is obvious in this function: memory allocated by ieee80211_beacon_get()
> is never released. Fixing this leak makes kmemleak happy.
>
> Reported-by: Ulrich Mohr <u.mohr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Co-developed-by: Ulrich Mohr <u.mohr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ulrich Mohr <u.mohr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: 268bceec1684 ("staging: wfx: fix BA when device is AP and MFP is enabled")
> Signed-off-by: Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@xxxxxxxxxx>
Patch applied to wireless-next.git, thanks.
b8cfb7c819dd wifi: wfx: fix memory leak when starting AP
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https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20240202164213.1606145-1-jerome.pouiller@xxxxxxxxxx/
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
