Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The ath11k active pdevs are protected by RCU but the temperature event
> handling code calling ath11k_mac_get_ar_by_pdev_id() was not marked as a
> read-side critical section as reported by RCU lockdep:
>
> =============================
> WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
> 6.6.0-rc6 #7 Not tainted
> -----------------------------
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c:638 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!
>
> other info that might help us debug this:
>
> rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1
> no locks held by swapper/0/0.
> ...
> Call trace:
> ...
> lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0x16c/0x22c
> ath11k_mac_get_ar_by_pdev_id+0x194/0x1b0 [ath11k]
> ath11k_wmi_tlv_op_rx+0xa84/0x2c1c [ath11k]
> ath11k_htc_rx_completion_handler+0x388/0x510 [ath11k]
>
> Mark the code in question as an RCU read-side critical section to avoid
> any potential use-after-free issues.
>
> Tested-on: WCN6855 hw2.1 PCI WLAN.HSP.1.1-03125-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_SILICONZ_LITE-3.6510.23
>
> Fixes: a41d10348b01 ("ath11k: add thermal sensor device support")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 5.7
> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
2 patches applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.
1a5352a81b47 wifi: ath11k: fix temperature event locking
3b6c14833165 wifi: ath11k: fix dfs radar event locking
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