Re: linux-next: manual merge of the wireless-next tree with the wireless tree

[Stephen Rothwell]

Hi all,

On Tue, 26 Sep 2023 12:02:53 +1000 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Today's linux-next merge of the wireless-next tree got conflicts in:
> 
>   net/mac80211/cfg.c
> 
> between commit:
> 
>   31db78a4923e ("wifi: mac80211: fix potential key use-after-free")
> 
> from the wireless tree and commit:
> 
>   4d3acf4311a0 ("wifi: mac80211: remove sta_mtx")
> 
> from the wireless-next tree.
> 
> I fixed it up (see below) and can carry the fix as necessary. This
> is now fixed as far as linux-next is concerned, but any non trivial
> conflicts should be mentioned to your upstream maintainer when your tree
> is submitted for merging.  You may also want to consider cooperating
> with the maintainer of the conflicting tree to minimise any particularly
> complex conflicts.

That wasn't quite right.  The final resolution is below.
-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell

diff --cc net/mac80211/cfg.c
index 0e3a1753a51c,5bc6b1329465..3e7bb883137c
--- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
@@@ -472,8 -470,9 +470,10 @@@ static int ieee80211_add_key(struct wip
  	struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
  	struct sta_info *sta = NULL;
  	struct ieee80211_key *key;
 +	int err;
  
+ 	lockdep_assert_wiphy(local->hw.wiphy);
+ 
  	if (!ieee80211_sdata_running(sdata))
  		return -ENETDOWN;
  
@@@ -565,15 -561,7 +562,11 @@@
  		break;
  	}
  
 -	return ieee80211_key_link(key, link, sta);
 +	err = ieee80211_key_link(key, link, sta);
 +	/* KRACK protection, shouldn't happen but just silently accept key */
 +	if (err == -EALREADY)
 +		err = 0;
- 
-  out_unlock:
- 	mutex_unlock(&local->sta_mtx);
- 
 +	return err;
  }
  
  static struct ieee80211_key *

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