Re: [PATCH ath-next 0/2] wifi: ath12k: install pairwise key first

[Jeff Johnson <jeff.johnson@oss.qualcomm.com>]

On 6/25/2025 3:15 AM, Baochen Qiang wrote:
> 
> 
> On 6/25/2025 5:51 PM, Johan Hovold wrote:
>> [ +CC: Gregoire ]
>>
>> On Fri, May 23, 2025 at 11:49:00AM +0800, Baochen Qiang wrote:
>>> We got report that WCN7850 is not working with IWD [1][2]. Debug
>>> shows the reason is that IWD installs group key before pairwise
>>> key, which goes against WCN7850's firmware.
>>>
>>> Reorder key install to workaround this.
>>>
>>> [1] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218733
>>> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/AS8P190MB12051DDBD84CD88E71C40AD7873F2@AS8P190MB1205.EURP190.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Baochen Qiang <quic_bqiang@quicinc.com>
>>> ---
>>> ---
>>> Baochen Qiang (2):
>>>       wifi: ath12k: avoid bit operation on key flags
>>>       wifi: ath12k: install pairwise key first
>>
>> Thanks for fixing this, Baochen.
>>
>> I noticed the patches weren't clearly marked as fixes. Do you think we
>> should ask the stable team to backport these once they are in mainline
>> (e.g. after 6.17-rc1 is out)? Or do you think they are too intrusive and
>> risky to backport or similar?
> 
> Yeah, I think they should be backported.
> 
>>
>> [ Also please try to remember to CC any (public) reporters. I only found
>>   out today that this had been addressed in linux-next. ]
> 
> Thanks, will keep in mind.

+Stable team,
Per the above discussion please backport the series:
https://msgid.link/20250523-ath12k-unicast-key-first-v1-0-f53c3880e6d8@quicinc.com

This is a 0-day issue so ideally this should be backported from 6.6+

/jeff