syzbot reports that cfg80211_tx_mlme_mgmt is using uninit-value: ===================================================== BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in cfg80211_tx_mlme_mgmt+0x155/0x300 net/wireless/mlme.c:226 cfg80211_tx_mlme_mgmt+0x155/0x300 net/wireless/mlme.c:226 ieee80211_report_disconnect net/mac80211/mlme.c:4238 [inline] ieee80211_sta_connection_lost+0xfa/0x150 net/mac80211/mlme.c:7811 ieee80211_sta_work+0x1dea/0x4ef0 ieee80211_iface_work+0x1900/0x1970 net/mac80211/iface.c:1684 cfg80211_wiphy_work+0x396/0x860 net/wireless/core.c:435 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3236 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0xc1a/0x1e80 kernel/workqueue.c:3317 worker_thread+0xea7/0x14f0 kernel/workqueue.c:3398 kthread+0x6b9/0xef0 kernel/kthread.c:464 ret_from_fork+0x6d/0x90 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244 Local variable frame_buf created at: ieee80211_sta_connection_lost+0x43/0x150 net/mac80211/mlme.c:7806 ieee80211_sta_work+0x1dea/0x4ef0 ===================================================== The reason is that the local variable frame_buf on the stack cannot be initialized by default. However one more question is that avoiding the uninit-value bug by explicitly initializing it is not enough. Since commit 687a7c8a7227 ("wifi: mac80211: change disassoc sequence a bit"), if there is no AP station, frame_buf has no chance to be assigned a valid value. The function ieee80211_report_disconnect should not continue executing with the frame_buf parameter that is merely initialized to zero. Signed-off-by: Zhongqiu Han <quic_zhonhan@xxxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: 687a7c8a7227 ("wifi: mac80211: change disassoc sequence a bit") Reported-by: syzbot+5a7b40bcb34dea5ca959@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/67bf36d3.050a0220.38b081.01ff.GAE@xxxxxxxxxx/ --- Please kindy help thoroughly review this patch as I am not a wireless network expert. net/mac80211/mlme.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c index 4e8f0a5f6251..4f3b535b1174 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c +++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c @@ -4414,6 +4414,10 @@ static void ieee80211_report_disconnect(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, .u.mlme.data = tx ? DEAUTH_TX_EVENT : DEAUTH_RX_EVENT, .u.mlme.reason = reason, }; + struct sta_info *ap_sta = sta_info_get(sdata, sdata->vif.cfg.ap_addr); + + if (WARN_ON(!ap_sta)) + return; if (tx) cfg80211_tx_mlme_mgmt(sdata->dev, buf, len, reconnect); @@ -8070,7 +8074,7 @@ static void ieee80211_sta_timer(struct timer_list *t) void ieee80211_sta_connection_lost(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata, u8 reason, bool tx) { - u8 frame_buf[IEEE80211_DEAUTH_FRAME_LEN]; + u8 frame_buf[IEEE80211_DEAUTH_FRAME_LEN] = {0}; ieee80211_set_disassoc(sdata, IEEE80211_STYPE_DEAUTH, reason, tx, frame_buf); -- 2.25.1