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([2405:201:682f:383f:a40e:1ae:8931:c183]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a92af1059eb24-151fc87346bsm2316287c88.8.2026.10.02.19.11.52 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 02 Oct 2026 19:11:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Deepanshu Kartikey To: toke@toke.dk, jeff.johnson@oss.qualcomm.com Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Deepanshu Kartikey , syzbot+e91dc13b1b37759b3d9f@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Subject: [PATCH] wifi: ath9k: stop WMI event tasklet from rescheduling itself on probe failure Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2026 07:41:47 +0530 Message-ID: <20261003021147.7461-1-kartikey406@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.43.0 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Since the init guards were consolidated, ath9k_wmi_event_tasklet() reschedules itself until priv->initialized is set. If ath9k_init_device() fails, initialized is never set, so the tasklet keeps rescheduling itself while the probe error path calls ath9k_destroy_wmi() and frees struct wmi. tasklet_action_common() then touches the freed tasklet, causing a slab-use-after-free. Make the tasklet drop its queued events and stop rescheduling once wmi->stopped is set, and call tasklet_kill() before freeing wmi in ath9k_destroy_wmi(). The probe error path already sets stopped and kills the RX URBs first, so the tasklet cannot be re-armed afterwards. Fixes: 1af8dc9ca726 ("wifi: ath9k: Clean up device initialisation guards") Reported-by: syzbot+e91dc13b1b37759b3d9f@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=e91dc13b1b37759b3d9f Tested-by: syzbot+e91dc13b1b37759b3d9f@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c index 4a08babb6d9d..f8b174b0f209 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c @@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ void ath9k_stop_wmi(struct ath9k_htc_priv *priv) void ath9k_destroy_wmi(struct ath9k_htc_priv *priv) { + struct wmi *wmi = priv->wmi; + + tasklet_kill(&wmi->wmi_event_tasklet); + skb_queue_purge(&wmi->wmi_event_queue); kfree(priv->wmi); } @@ -148,6 +152,10 @@ void ath9k_wmi_event_tasklet(struct tasklet_struct *t) /* Check if ath9k_init_device() completed. */ if (!smp_load_acquire(&priv->initialized)) { + if (READ_ONCE(wmi->stopped)) { + skb_queue_purge(&wmi->wmi_event_queue); + return; + } tasklet_schedule(t); return; } -- 2.43.0