This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled wifi: rtl8xxxu: Fix use after rcu_read_unlock in rtl8xxxu_bss_info_changed to the 6.0-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: wifi-rtl8xxxu-fix-use-after-rcu_read_unlock-in-rtl8x.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.0 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit b1cda16e13c012ab3a3acf6a96a544d6d8b19a1f Author: Bitterblue Smith <rtl8821cerfe2@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon Nov 21 22:56:58 2022 +0200 wifi: rtl8xxxu: Fix use after rcu_read_unlock in rtl8xxxu_bss_info_changed [ Upstream commit 7927afb5e27baac694f585b59c436ba323528dc2 ] Commit a8b5aef2cca1 ("wifi: rtl8xxxu: gen2: Enable 40 MHz channel width") introduced a line where the pointer returned by ieee80211_find_sta() is used after rcu_read_unlock(). Move rcu_read_unlock() a bit lower to fix this. Fixes: a8b5aef2cca1 ("wifi: rtl8xxxu: gen2: Enable 40 MHz channel width") Signed-off-by: Bitterblue Smith <rtl8821cerfe2@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/3c82ad09-7593-3be1-1d2c-e58505fb43cb@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.c index 2286119ba3d5..e85c6325199b 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.c @@ -4654,7 +4654,6 @@ rtl8xxxu_bss_info_changed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif, if (sta->deflink.ht_cap.cap & (IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SGI_40 | IEEE80211_HT_CAP_SGI_20)) sgi = 1; - rcu_read_unlock(); highest_rate = fls(ramask) - 1; if (highest_rate < DESC_RATE_MCS0) { @@ -4679,6 +4678,7 @@ rtl8xxxu_bss_info_changed(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif, else rarpt->txrate.bw = RATE_INFO_BW_20; } + rcu_read_unlock(); bit_rate = cfg80211_calculate_bitrate(&rarpt->txrate); rarpt->bit_rate = bit_rate; rarpt->desc_rate = highest_rate;