From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 9e2db50f1ef2238fc2f71c5de1c0418b7a5b0ea2 ] This is needed since it might use (and pass out) pointers to e.g. keys protected by RCU. Can't really happen here as the frames aren't encrypted, but we need to still adhere to the rules. Fixes: cacfddf82baf ("mac80211_hwsim: initialize ieee80211_tx_info at hw_scan_work") Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220505230421.5f139f9de173.I77ae111a28f7c0e9fd1ebcee7f39dbec5c606770@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c index a34647efb5ea..2cd1b3cfcc09 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c @@ -1987,11 +1987,13 @@ static void hw_scan_work(struct work_struct *work) memcpy(skb_put(probe, req->ie_len), req->ie, req->ie_len); + rcu_read_lock(); if (!ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb(hwsim->hw, hwsim->hw_scan_vif, probe, hwsim->tmp_chan->band, NULL)) { + rcu_read_unlock(); kfree_skb(probe); continue; } @@ -1999,6 +2001,7 @@ static void hw_scan_work(struct work_struct *work) local_bh_disable(); mac80211_hwsim_tx_frame(hwsim->hw, probe, hwsim->tmp_chan); + rcu_read_unlock(); local_bh_enable(); } } -- 2.35.1