[PATCH v2 2/3] wifi: ath12k: prevent scan during firmware recovery
Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez <[email protected]> Tue, 4 Aug 2026 19:50:00 +0200
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-wireless,org.infradead.lists.ath11k,org.infradead.lists.ath12k,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
When firmware crashes while wpa_supplicant has an active connection, wpa_supplicant may immediately attempt a scan via nl80211 while the firmware is still powering on through MHI. ath12k_mac_op_hw_scan() proceeds without checking the recovery state, accessing partially initialized radio structures which leads to a NULL pointer dereference: BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 0000000000001508 RIP: ath12k_mac_op_hw_scan+0x148/0x2b0 [ath12k] Call Trace: drv_hw_scan+0x88/0x140 [mac80211] __ieee80211_start_scan+0x2bc/0x6b0 [mac80211] nl80211_trigger_scan+0x54a/0x9f0 [cfg80211] Fix by checking ATH12K_FLAG_RECOVERY at the start of ath12k_mac_op_hw_scan() and returning -EBUSY. mac80211 will retry the scan after the recovery completes. Tested on WCN7850 with MLO (Wi-Fi 7). Signed-off-by: Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez <[email protected]> --- v2: Fix radio[0] usage v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/ drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c index 7b7110ca6428..a57c2e91be84 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c @@ -5783,6 +5783,11 @@ int ath12k_mac_op_hw_scan(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, lockdep_assert_wiphy(hw->wiphy); + for_each_ar(ah, ar, i) { + if (test_bit(ATH12K_FLAG_RECOVERY, &ar->ab->dev_flags)) + return -EBUSY; + } + chan_list = kzalloc_objs(*chan_list, hw_req->req.n_channels); if (!chan_list) return -ENOMEM; -- 2.54.0