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

[email protected] Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:04:23 -0500
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.brcm80211,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-wireless
Message-ID <[email protected]>
From: Bogdan Nicolae <[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 ssid 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..99f8c5bef 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)
 {
@@ -123,7 +125,7 @@ int brcmf_cyw_mgmt_tx(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct wireless_dev *wdev,
 	if (!ieee80211_is_auth(mgmt->frame_control))
 		return brcmf_cfg80211_mgmt_tx(wiphy, wdev, params, cookie);
 
-	*cookie = 0;
+	*cookie = atomic_inc_return(&brcmf_cyw_mgmt_tx_id);
 	vif = container_of(wdev, struct brcmf_cfg80211_vif, wdev);
 
 	reinit_completion(&vif->mgmt_tx);
@@ -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",
-- 
2.55.0