wifi: mt76: use kfree_rcu for offchannel link in mt76_put_vif_phy_link

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mt76_put_vif_phy_link() frees the offchannel mlink with plain kfree()
after rcu_assign_pointer(NULL). However, rcu_assign_pointer only prevents
future RCU readers from obtaining the pointer -- it does not wait for
existing readers that already hold it via rcu_dereference.

The TX datapath (e.g. mt7996_mac_write_txwi) dereferences mlink->wcid
and mlink->idx under rcu_read_lock. If a TX softirq obtained the pointer
via rcu_dereference just before the NULL assignment, it will dereference
freed memory after the kfree.

struct mt76_vif_link already contains an rcu_head field that is unused at
this free site -- a developer oversight, since the adjacent
kfree_rcu_mightsleep call for rx_sc in the same function shows the
pattern was understood.

Replace kfree(mlink) with kfree_rcu(mlink, rcu_head).

Fixes: a8f424c128 ("wifi: mt76: add multi-radio remain_on_channel functions")
Signed-off-by: Rajat Gupta <rajat.gupta@oss.qualcomm.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260507043531.492-1-rajat.gupta@oss.qualcomm.com
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>

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Rajat Gupta 2026-05-06 21:35:31 -07:00 • committed by Felix Fietkau

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drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/channel.c

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