From 7e0ad05ebc72fffba2bdf2400400902d94ed7272 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicolas Escande Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:58:05 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/4] wifi: ath11k: reset ar->num_stations on hardware start When (multiple) hw restart occurs, we end up in a situation where we cannot accept new stations / mesh peers. This seems to be the 'num_stations' in 'struct ath11k' that did not get reset properly in this case. In ath11k_mac_op_start(), it was indeed the only accounting var that did not get reset so let's clear it too. This avoids problems like those: [1248828.088023] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 12281 at net/mac80211/util.c:1682 ieee80211_reconfig_stations+0x98/0xc0 [1248828.088115] Call trace: [1248828.088116] ieee80211_reconfig_stations+0x98/0xc0 (P) [1248828.088119] ieee80211_reconfig+0x774/0x1438 [1248828.088123] ieee80211_restart_work+0x10c/0x178 [1248828.088127] process_one_work+0x178/0x3c0 [1248828.088130] worker_thread+0x280/0x440 [1248828.088133] kthread+0xe0/0xf8 [1248828.088137] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 [1248828.088141] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- [1248836.686604] ath11k_pci 0000:04:00.0: refusing to associate station: too many connected already (128) [1248836.686609] ath11k_pci 0000:04:00.0: Failed to add station: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx for VDEV: 1 Tested-on: QCN9074 hw1.0 PCI WLAN.HK.2.9.0.1-01977-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1 Fixes: d5c65159f289 ("ath11k: driver for Qualcomm IEEE 802.11ax devices") Signed-off-by: Nicolas Escande Reviewed-by: Rameshkumar Sundaram Reviewed-by: Baochen Qiang Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260812-num-station-v3-1-871d20e043f6@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c index ae91b57c8422..c1fa42edd363 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c @@ -6716,6 +6716,7 @@ static int ath11k_mac_op_start(struct ieee80211_hw *hw) ar->num_started_vdevs = 0; ar->num_created_vdevs = 0; ar->num_peers = 0; + ar->num_stations = 0; ar->allocated_vdev_map = 0; /* Configure monitor status ring with default rx_filter to get rx status From 1af8dc9ca726cf53767f9c0661171396f95c146a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Toke=20H=C3=B8iland-J=C3=B8rgensen?= Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2026 19:05:18 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/4] wifi: ath9k: Clean up device initialisation guards MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The ath9k driver has a couple of guards against the RX path running until device initialisation has completed. However, they are problematic for several reasons: - They use smp_wmb() paired with a data_race() annotation, instead of the idiomatic smp_store_release()/smp_load_acquire() pair. - The guard in ath9k_wmi_event_tasklet() is weirdly late in the function. - There are two of them when there's really no reason the rx init gets to run before the whole initialisation is complete. Consolidate the guards on the single ath9k_htc_priv->initialized variable and use smp_store_release()/smp_load_acquire() to access it. Move the store into ath9k_init_device() to make sure it's set in all paths in the driver. Fixes: 24355fcb0d4c ("wifi: ath9k: delay all of ath9k_wmi_event_tasklet() until init is complete") Fixes: b0ec7e55fce6 ("ath9k_htc: fix NULL pointer dereference at ath9k_htc_rxep()") Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260908170520.112946-1-toke@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc.h | 1 - drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c | 7 +++---- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c | 8 ++------ drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c | 12 ++++++------ 4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc.h index 6c33e898b300..4d2b75d0212e 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc.h +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc.h @@ -281,7 +281,6 @@ struct ath9k_htc_rxbuf { struct ath9k_htc_rx { struct list_head rxbuf; spinlock_t rxbuflock; - bool initialized; }; #define ATH9K_HTC_TX_CLEANUP_INTERVAL 50 /* ms */ diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c index 6de78ae85726..911eaa4f776a 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_init.c @@ -910,6 +910,9 @@ static int ath9k_init_device(struct ath9k_htc_priv *priv, ath9k_init_leds(priv); ath9k_start_rfkill_poll(priv); + /* signal completion to ath9k_htc_rxep() and ath9k_wmi_event_tasklet() */ + smp_store_release(&priv->initialized, true); + return 0; err_world: @@ -966,10 +969,6 @@ int ath9k_htc_probe_device(struct htc_target *htc_handle, struct device *dev, htc_handle->drv_priv = priv; - /* Allow ath9k_wmi_event_tasklet() to operate. */ - smp_wmb(); - priv->initialized = true; - return 0; err_init: diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c index bed7ea2425a0..95f48c7dca15 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_txrx.c @@ -1141,8 +1141,8 @@ void ath9k_htc_rxep(void *drv_priv, struct sk_buff *skb, struct ath9k_htc_rxbuf *rxbuf = NULL, *tmp_buf = NULL; unsigned long flags; - /* Check if ath9k_rx_init() completed. */ - if (!data_race(priv->rx.initialized)) + /* Check if ath9k_init_device() completed. */ + if (!smp_load_acquire(&priv->initialized)) goto err; spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->rx.rxbuflock, flags); @@ -1200,10 +1200,6 @@ int ath9k_rx_init(struct ath9k_htc_priv *priv) list_add_tail(&rxbuf->list, &priv->rx.rxbuf); } - /* Allow ath9k_htc_rxep() to operate. */ - smp_wmb(); - priv->rx.initialized = true; - return 0; err: diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c index 284e8c13b043..44e91815a159 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c @@ -146,6 +146,12 @@ void ath9k_wmi_event_tasklet(struct tasklet_struct *t) unsigned long flags; u16 cmd_id; + /* Check if ath9k_init_device() completed. */ + if (!smp_load_acquire(&priv->initialized)) { + tasklet_schedule(t); + return; + } + do { spin_lock_irqsave(&wmi->wmi_lock, flags); skb = __skb_dequeue(&wmi->wmi_event_queue); @@ -155,12 +161,6 @@ void ath9k_wmi_event_tasklet(struct tasklet_struct *t) } spin_unlock_irqrestore(&wmi->wmi_lock, flags); - /* Check if ath9k_htc_probe_device() completed. */ - if (!data_race(priv->initialized)) { - kfree_skb(skb); - continue; - } - hdr = (struct wmi_cmd_hdr *) skb->data; cmd_id = be16_to_cpu(hdr->command_id); wmi_event = skb_pull(skb, sizeof(struct wmi_cmd_hdr)); From 93ce8ea70451e800601bc9444aa33043de15d67b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pengpeng Hou Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:58:37 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 3/4] wifi: ath9k: reject short WMI command responses ath9k_wmi_rsp_callback() removes the validated WMI header and copies the number of bytes expected by the waiting command into its response buffer. A device response shorter than that expectation can therefore be read beyond the skb payload. Record -EMSGSIZE for a short response, complete the waiter, and return the stored status from the command path. This also prevents callers from consuming stale response bytes as a successful reply. Fixes: fb9987d0f748 ("ath9k_htc: Support for AR9271 chipset.") Assisted-by: LLM Signed-off-by: Pengpeng Hou Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260814075837.20005-1-pengpeng@iscas.ac.cn Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c | 16 ++++++++++++++-- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c index 44e91815a159..4a08babb6d9d 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c @@ -206,9 +206,16 @@ static void ath9k_wmi_rsp_callback(struct wmi *wmi, struct sk_buff *skb) { skb_pull(skb, sizeof(struct wmi_cmd_hdr)); - if (wmi->cmd_rsp_buf != NULL && wmi->cmd_rsp_len != 0) + if (wmi->cmd_rsp_buf && wmi->cmd_rsp_len) { + if (skb->len < wmi->cmd_rsp_len) { + wmi->cmd_rsp_status = -EMSGSIZE; + goto complete; + } memcpy(wmi->cmd_rsp_buf, skb->data, wmi->cmd_rsp_len); + } + wmi->cmd_rsp_status = 0; +complete: complete(&wmi->cmd_wait); } @@ -300,6 +307,7 @@ static int ath9k_wmi_cmd_issue(struct wmi *wmi, /* record the rsp buffer and length */ wmi->cmd_rsp_buf = rsp_buf; wmi->cmd_rsp_len = rsp_len; + wmi->cmd_rsp_status = 0; wmi->last_seq_id = wmi->tx_seq_id; spin_unlock_irqrestore(&wmi->wmi_lock, flags); @@ -356,9 +364,13 @@ int ath9k_wmi_cmd(struct wmi *wmi, enum wmi_cmd_id cmd_id, return -ETIMEDOUT; } + spin_lock_irqsave(&wmi->wmi_lock, flags); + ret = wmi->cmd_rsp_status; + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&wmi->wmi_lock, flags); + mutex_unlock(&wmi->op_mutex); - return 0; + return ret; out: ath_dbg(common, WMI, "WMI failure for: %s\n", wmi_cmd_to_name(cmd_id)); diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.h index 5c3b710b8f31..0bb9d31f1a1c 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.h +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.h @@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ struct wmi { u16 tx_seq_id; u8 *cmd_rsp_buf; u32 cmd_rsp_len; + int cmd_rsp_status; bool stopped; struct list_head pending_tx_events; From aeaca27c1db3106967ffbb2b517d98c835f6d500 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Georgios Karantzas Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 03:11:43 +0300 Subject: [PATCH 4/4] wifi: ath9k_htc: bound TX aggregation to MAX_TX_BUF_SIZE MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit __hif_usb_tx() dequeues up to MAX_TX_AGGR_NUM (20) frames into a single tx_buf of MAX_TX_BUF_SIZE (32768) bytes, limiting the batch by record count but never by cumulative byte length. With large frames (MTU 2304), 20 aggregated frames of 2292 bytes each exceed the allocation (20 * 2296 = 45920 bytes), so the memcpy() in the loop writes up to 13152 bytes past tx_buf->buf before usb_submit_urb(). Peek the queue head and stop before copying any record that would cross MAX_TX_BUF_SIZE, then dispatch the current batch. Leftover skbs remain queued and are drained on the next URB completion. The byte bound changes the loop's exit semantics: it can now exit before i == tx_skb_cnt - 1. Stock only finalized tx_buf->len on that last index (len += offset), so an early break would submit a URB holding only the last record's length while every dequeued skb is freed on completion, silently dropping frames. Make tx_buf->len a running total and advance tx_buf->offset per record instead; the stride round_up(nskb->len + 4, 4) is identical to the stock stride when the loop runs to completion. Tested on hardware with an MTU 2304 flood: the loop stops at record 15 (len = 32144, offset = 32144, within 32768), no oversized URB is submitted, and MTU 1500 pings pass 20/20. Fixes: fb9987d0f748 ("ath9k_htc: Support for AR9271 chipset.") Signed-off-by: Georgios Karantzas Acked-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260911001143.4507-1-gck.kara@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c | 21 ++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c index d3491ff08e6e..7d2f292e20c5 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ * OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. */ +#include #include #include "htc.h" @@ -328,11 +329,14 @@ static int __hif_usb_tx(struct hif_device_usb *hif_dev) tx_skb_cnt = min_t(u16, hif_dev->tx.tx_skb_cnt, MAX_TX_AGGR_NUM); for (i = 0; i < tx_skb_cnt; i++) { + nskb = skb_peek(&hif_dev->tx.tx_skb_queue); + if (!nskb) + break; + + if (tx_buf->offset + nskb->len + 4 > MAX_TX_BUF_SIZE) + break; + nskb = __skb_dequeue(&hif_dev->tx.tx_skb_queue); - - /* Should never be NULL */ - BUG_ON(!nskb); - hif_dev->tx.tx_skb_cnt--; buf = tx_buf->buf; @@ -342,13 +346,8 @@ static int __hif_usb_tx(struct hif_device_usb *hif_dev) *hdr++ = cpu_to_le16(ATH_USB_TX_STREAM_MODE_TAG); buf += 4; memcpy(buf, nskb->data, nskb->len); - tx_buf->len = nskb->len + 4; - - if (i < (tx_skb_cnt - 1)) - tx_buf->offset += (((tx_buf->len - 1) / 4) + 1) * 4; - - if (i == (tx_skb_cnt - 1)) - tx_buf->len += tx_buf->offset; + tx_buf->len = tx_buf->offset + nskb->len + 4; + tx_buf->offset += round_up(nskb->len + 4, 4); __skb_queue_tail(&tx_buf->skb_queue, nskb); TX_STAT_INC(hif_dev, skb_queued);