Re: [PATCH] wifi: mac80211: Don't finalize CSA in IBSS mode if state is disconnected

From: Greg KH
Date: Mon Aug 15 2022 - 03:00:29 EST


On Sun, Aug 14, 2022 at 08:45:12PM +0530, Siddh Raman Pant via Linux-kernel-mentees wrote:
> When we are not connected to a channel, sending channel "switch"
> announcement doesn't make any sense.
>
> The BSS list is empty in that case. This causes the for loop in
> cfg80211_get_bss() to be bypassed, so the function returns NULL
> (check line 1424 of net/wireless/scan.c), causing the WARN_ON()
> in ieee80211_ibss_csa_beacon() to get triggered (check line 500
> of net/mac80211/ibss.c), which was consequently reported on the
> syzkaller dashboard.
>
> Thus, check if we have an existing connection before generating
> the CSA beacon in ieee80211_ibss_finish_csa().
>
> Fixes: cd7760e62c2a ("mac80211: add support for CSA in IBSS mode")
> Bug report: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=05603ef4ae8926761b678d2939a3b2ad28ab9ca6
> Reported-by: syzbot+b6c9fe29aefe68e4ad34@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Signed-off-by: Siddh Raman Pant <code@xxxxxxxx>

Please no blank line before your signed-off-by line or the tools will
not like it.

And did sysbot verify that this change solved the problem?

thanks,

greg k-h