netdev - Re: [PATCH net,v2] wifi: mac80211: fix WARNING in ieee80211_link_info_change

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Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2023 07:38:58 +0300
From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
To: Zhengchao Shao <shaozhengchao@...wei.com>
Cc: <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,  <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
  <johannes@...solutions.net>,  <davem@...emloft.net>,
  <edumazet@...gle.com>,  <kuba@...nel.org>,  <pabeni@...hat.com>,
  <weiyongjun1@...wei.com>,  <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net,v2] wifi: mac80211: fix WARNING in
 ieee80211_link_info_change_notify()

Zhengchao Shao <shaozhengchao@...wei.com> writes:

> Syz reports the following WARNING:
> wlan0: Failed check-sdata-in-driver check, flags: 0x0
> WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 5384 at net/mac80211/main.c:287
> ieee80211_link_info_change_notify+0x1c2/0x230
> Modules linked in:
> RIP: 0010:ieee80211_link_info_change_notify+0x1c2/0x230
> Call Trace:
> <TASK>
> ieee80211_set_mcast_rate+0x3e/0x50
> nl80211_set_mcast_rate+0x316/0x650
> genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x20b/0x300
> genl_rcv_msg+0x39f/0x6a0
> netlink_rcv_skb+0x13b/0x3b0
> genl_rcv+0x24/0x40
> netlink_unicast+0x4a2/0x740
> netlink_sendmsg+0x83e/0xce0
> sock_sendmsg+0xc5/0x100
> ____sys_sendmsg+0x583/0x690
> ___sys_sendmsg+0xe8/0x160
> __sys_sendmsg+0xbf/0x160
> do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80
> entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0
> </TASK>
>
> The execution process is as follows:
> Thread A:
> ieee80211_open()
>     ieee80211_do_open()
>         drv_add_interface()     //set IEEE80211_SDATA_IN_DRIVER flag
> ...
> rtnl_newlink
>     do_setlink
> 	dev_change_flags
>             ...
>             __dev_close_many
>                 ieee80211_stop()
>                     ieee80211_do_stop()
>                         drv_remove_interface() //clear flag
> ...
> nl80211_set_mcast_rate()
>     ieee80211_set_mcast_rate()
>         ieee80211_link_info_change_notify()
>             check_sdata_in_driver() //WARNING because flag is cleared
>
> When the wlan device stops, the IEEE80211_SDATA_IN_ DRIVER flag is cleared.
> And then after the set mcast rate command is executed, WARNING is generated
> because the flag bit has been already cleared.
>
> Fixes: 591e73ee3f73 ("wifi: mac80211: properly skip link info driver update")
> Reported-by: syzbot+bce2ca140cc00578ed07@...kaller.appspotmail.com
> Signed-off-by: Zhengchao Shao <shaozhengchao@...wei.com>

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