From: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@xxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 43e04077170799d0e6289f3e928f727e401b3d79 ] We first want to flush the station to make sure we no longer have any frames being Tx by the station before the station is moved to un-authorized state. Failing to do that will lead to races: a frame may be sent after the station's state has been changed. Since the API clearly states that the driver can't fail the sta_state() transition down the list of state, we can easily flush the station first, and only then call the driver's sta_state(). Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Miri Korenblit <miriam.rachel.korenblit@xxxxxxxxx> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250306123626.450bc40e8b04.I636ba96843c77f13309c15c9fd6eb0c5a52a7976@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- net/mac80211/sta_info.c | 20 +++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c index aa22f09e6d145..49095f19a0f22 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c +++ b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ * Copyright 2006-2007 Jiri Benc <jbenc@xxxxxxx> * Copyright 2013-2014 Intel Mobile Communications GmbH * Copyright (C) 2015 - 2017 Intel Deutschland GmbH - * Copyright (C) 2018-2023 Intel Corporation + * Copyright (C) 2018-2024 Intel Corporation */ #include <linux/module.h> @@ -1317,9 +1317,13 @@ static int _sta_info_move_state(struct sta_info *sta, sta->sta.addr, new_state); /* notify the driver before the actual changes so it can - * fail the transition + * fail the transition if the state is increasing. + * The driver is required not to fail when the transition + * is decreasing the state, so first, do all the preparation + * work and only then, notify the driver. */ - if (test_sta_flag(sta, WLAN_STA_INSERTED)) { + if (new_state > sta->sta_state && + test_sta_flag(sta, WLAN_STA_INSERTED)) { int err = drv_sta_state(sta->local, sta->sdata, sta, sta->sta_state, new_state); if (err) @@ -1395,6 +1399,16 @@ static int _sta_info_move_state(struct sta_info *sta, break; } + if (new_state < sta->sta_state && + test_sta_flag(sta, WLAN_STA_INSERTED)) { + int err = drv_sta_state(sta->local, sta->sdata, sta, + sta->sta_state, new_state); + + WARN_ONCE(err, + "Driver is not allowed to fail if the sta_state is transitioning down the list: %d\n", + err); + } + sta->sta_state = new_state; return 0; -- 2.39.5
