This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
mwifiex: add mutex lock for call in mwifiex_dfs_chan_sw_work_queue
to the 5.17-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
mwifiex-add-mutex-lock-for-call-in-mwifiex_dfs_chan_.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.17 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 9726ae8591a0efe08c36161f3eae4112edb5b665
Author: Niels Dossche <dossche.niels@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon Mar 21 23:55:16 2022 +0100
mwifiex: add mutex lock for call in mwifiex_dfs_chan_sw_work_queue
[ Upstream commit 3e12968f6d12a34b540c39cbd696a760cc4616f0 ]
cfg80211_ch_switch_notify uses ASSERT_WDEV_LOCK to assert that
net_device->ieee80211_ptr->mtx (which is the same as priv->wdev.mtx)
is held during the function's execution.
mwifiex_dfs_chan_sw_work_queue is one of its callers, which does not
hold that lock, therefore violating the assertion.
Add a lock around the call.
Disclaimer:
I am currently working on a static analyser to detect missing locks.
This was a reported case. I manually verified the report by looking
at the code, so that I do not send wrong information or patches.
After concluding that this seems to be a true positive, I created
this patch.
However, as I do not in fact have this particular hardware,
I was unable to test it.
Reviewed-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Niels Dossche <dossche.niels@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220321225515.32113-1-dossche.niels@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/11h.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/11h.c
index d2ee6469e67b..3fa25cd64cda 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/11h.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/11h.c
@@ -303,5 +303,7 @@ void mwifiex_dfs_chan_sw_work_queue(struct work_struct *work)
mwifiex_dbg(priv->adapter, MSG,
"indicating channel switch completion to kernel\n");
+ mutex_lock(&priv->wdev.mtx);
cfg80211_ch_switch_notify(priv->netdev, &priv->dfs_chandef);
+ mutex_unlock(&priv->wdev.mtx);
}
