From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 996c3117dae4c02b38a3cb68e5c2aec9d907ec15 upstream. The locking was changed recently so now the caller holds the wiphy_lock() lock. Taking the lock inside the reg_wdev_chan_valid() function will lead to a deadlock. Fixes: f7e60032c661 ("wifi: cfg80211: fix locking in regulatory disconnect") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/40c4114a-6cb4-4abf-b013-300b598aba65@moroto.mountain Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/wireless/reg.c | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) --- a/net/wireless/reg.c +++ b/net/wireless/reg.c @@ -2442,11 +2442,8 @@ static bool reg_wdev_chan_valid(struct w case NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_GO: case NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC: case NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT: - wiphy_lock(wiphy); ret = cfg80211_reg_can_beacon_relax(wiphy, &chandef, iftype); - wiphy_unlock(wiphy); - if (!ret) return ret; break;