[PATCH ath-next] wifi: ath10k: filter non-UTF testmode events

[PATCH ath-next] wifi: ath10k: filter non-UTF testmode events

[Linghui Wu]

When UTF monitor is enabled, ath10k forwards WMI events to nl80211
testmode. Non-UTF events can therefore be delivered to userspace and
confuse FTM tools which expect only UTF responses.

Only forward known UTF event IDs from WMI event namespaces that route
events through ath10k_tm_event_wmi(), and drop other WMI events while UTF
monitor is active. READY events are still handled by the normal WMI
receive path.

Tested-on: WCN3990 hw1.0 SNOC WLAN.HL.3.3.7.c5-00093.2-QCAHLSWMTPL-1

Signed-off-by: Linghui Wu <linghui.wu@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/testmode.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/testmode.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/testmode.c
index d3bd38569..282ae6e20 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/testmode.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/testmode.c
@@ -156,6 +156,14 @@ static void ath10k_tm_event_segmented(struct ath10k *ar, u32 cmd_id, struct sk_b
 	cfg80211_testmode_event(nl_skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 }
 
+static bool ath10k_tm_is_utf_event(u32 cmd_id)
+{
+	return cmd_id == WMI_10X_PDEV_UTF_EVENTID ||
+	       cmd_id == WMI_10_2_PDEV_UTF_EVENTID ||
+	       cmd_id == WMI_10_4_PDEV_UTF_EVENTID ||
+	       cmd_id == WMI_TLV_PDEV_UTF_EVENTID;
+}
+
 /* Returns true if callee consumes the skb and the skb should be discarded.
  * Returns false if skb is not used. Does not sleep.
  */
@@ -182,6 +190,12 @@ bool ath10k_tm_event_wmi(struct ath10k *ar, u32 cmd_id, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	 */
 	consumed = true;
 
+	if (!ath10k_tm_is_utf_event(cmd_id)) {
+		ath10k_dbg(ar, ATH10K_DBG_TESTMODE,
+			   "testmode drop non-utf event cmd_id %u\n", cmd_id);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	if (ar->testmode.expected_seq != ATH10K_FTM_SEG_NONE)
 		ath10k_tm_event_segmented(ar, cmd_id, skb);
 	else

base-commit: 913998f903fb1432c0046c33003db38a9e8bedb1
-- 
2.43.0

Re: [PATCH ath-next] wifi: ath10k: filter non-UTF testmode events

[Baochen Qiang]

On 7/30/2026 10:32 AM, Linghui Wu wrote:
> When UTF monitor is enabled, ath10k forwards WMI events to nl80211
> testmode. Non-UTF events can therefore be delivered to userspace and
> confuse FTM tools which expect only UTF responses.
> 
> Only forward known UTF event IDs from WMI event namespaces that route
> events through ath10k_tm_event_wmi(), and drop other WMI events while UTF
> monitor is active. READY events are still handled by the normal WMI
> receive path.
> 
> Tested-on: WCN3990 hw1.0 SNOC WLAN.HL.3.3.7.c5-00093.2-QCAHLSWMTPL-1
> 
> Signed-off-by: Linghui Wu <linghui.wu@oss.qualcomm.com>

Reviewed-by: Baochen Qiang <baochen.qiang@oss.qualcomm.com>

Re: [PATCH ath-next] wifi: ath10k: filter non-UTF testmode events

[Rameshkumar Sundaram]

On 7/30/2026 8:02 AM, Linghui Wu wrote:
> When UTF monitor is enabled, ath10k forwards WMI events to nl80211
> testmode. Non-UTF events can therefore be delivered to userspace and
> confuse FTM tools which expect only UTF responses.
> 
> Only forward known UTF event IDs from WMI event namespaces that route
> events through ath10k_tm_event_wmi(), and drop other WMI events while UTF
> monitor is active. READY events are still handled by the normal WMI
> receive path.
> 
> Tested-on: WCN3990 hw1.0 SNOC WLAN.HL.3.3.7.c5-00093.2-QCAHLSWMTPL-1
> 
> Signed-off-by: Linghui Wu <linghui.wu@oss.qualcomm.com>
Reviewed-by: Rameshkumar Sundaram <rameshkumar.sundaram@oss.qualcomm.com>

Re: [PATCH ath-next] wifi: ath10k: filter non-UTF testmode events

[Jeff Johnson]

On Thu, 30 Jul 2026 08:02:26 +0530, Linghui Wu wrote:
> When UTF monitor is enabled, ath10k forwards WMI events to nl80211
> testmode. Non-UTF events can therefore be delivered to userspace and
> confuse FTM tools which expect only UTF responses.
> 
> Only forward known UTF event IDs from WMI event namespaces that route
> events through ath10k_tm_event_wmi(), and drop other WMI events while UTF
> monitor is active. READY events are still handled by the normal WMI
> receive path.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] wifi: ath10k: filter non-UTF testmode events
      commit: 35a3da9fe1b212a9012952a04f383b8dc3708dd7

Best regards,
-- 
Jeff Johnson <jeff.johnson@oss.qualcomm.com>