[PATCH] wifi: brcmfmac: cyw: clean up PMKID and cookie code

Bogdan Nicolae <[email protected]> Thu, 9 Jul 2026 07:16:05 -0500
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.brcm80211,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-wireless
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Avoid setting packet_id to cookie, which is always 0. Instead, use an
increasing atomic counter. Avoids mismatches of completion events later
in brcmf_notify_mgmt_tx_status, where packet_id != vif->mgmt_tx_id is
checked.

Also, zero out auth_status on initialization. Otherwise, garbage will
leak from the stack to the firmware (when bssid is less than 32 bytes
and/or when params->pmkid is set). Then, pass the params->pmkid to the
firmware (without it, the firmware caches a garbage PMKID on successful
authentication and denies a subsequent association request that includes
the PMKID).

Signed-off-by: Bogdan Nicolae <[email protected]>
---
 .../net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cyw/core.c   | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cyw/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cyw/core.c
index ce09d44fa..cca53ff19 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cyw/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cyw/core.c
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #define MGMT_AUTH_FRAME_DWELL_TIME	4000
 #define MGMT_AUTH_FRAME_WAIT_TIME	(MGMT_AUTH_FRAME_DWELL_TIME + 100)
 
+static atomic_t brcmf_cyw_mgmt_tx_id = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+
 static int brcmf_cyw_set_sae_pwd(struct brcmf_if *ifp,
 				 struct cfg80211_crypto_settings *crypto)
 {
@@ -155,7 +157,7 @@ int brcmf_cyw_mgmt_tx(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct wireless_dev *wdev,
 
 	memcpy(&mf_params->da[0], &mgmt->da[0], ETH_ALEN);
 	memcpy(&mf_params->bssid[0], &mgmt->bssid[0], ETH_ALEN);
-	mf_params->packet_id = cpu_to_le32(*cookie);
+	mf_params->packet_id = cpu_to_le32(atomic_inc_return(&brcmf_cyw_mgmt_tx_id));
 	memcpy(mf_params->data, &buf[DOT11_MGMT_HDR_LEN],
 	       le16_to_cpu(mf_params->len));
 
@@ -200,7 +202,7 @@ brcmf_cyw_external_auth(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
 {
 	struct brcmf_if *ifp;
 	struct brcmf_pub *drvr;
-	struct brcmf_auth_req_status_le auth_status;
+	struct brcmf_auth_req_status_le auth_status = {};
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	brcmf_dbg(TRACE, "Enter\n");
@@ -208,6 +210,8 @@ brcmf_cyw_external_auth(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
 	ifp = netdev_priv(dev);
 	drvr = ifp->drvr;
 	if (params->status == WLAN_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
+		if (params->pmkid)
+			memcpy(auth_status.pmkid, params->pmkid, WLAN_PMKID_LEN);
 		auth_status.flags = cpu_to_le16(BRCMF_EXTAUTH_SUCCESS);
 	} else {
 		bphy_err(drvr, "External authentication failed: status=%d\n",
-- 
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