]> git.ipfire.org Git - thirdparty/linux.git/commit
wifi: fix leak if split 6 GHz scanning fails
authorFedor Pchelkin <pchelkin@ispras.ru>
Mon, 1 Jun 2026 09:41:56 +0000 (12:41 +0300)
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Wed, 3 Jun 2026 07:32:45 +0000 (09:32 +0200)
commite8694f7cc29287e843648d1075177b9a2000d957
treecfa72c4a770f4c8bbde23b1a95a3c54d587706ab
parent6c0cf89f36ac0c0fd8687a4ccdce2efb23a9c663
wifi: fix leak if split 6 GHz scanning fails

rdev->int_scan_req is leaked if cfg80211_scan() fails.  Note that it's
supposed to be released at ___cfg80211_scan_done() but this doesn't happen
as rdev->scan_req is NULL at that point, too, leading to the early return
from the freeing function.

unreferenced object 0xffff8881161d0800 (size 512):
  comm "wpa_supplicant", pid 379, jiffies 4294749765
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f0 81 13 16 81 88 ff ff  ................
  backtrace (crc c867fdb6):
    kmemleak_alloc+0x89/0x90
    __kmalloc_noprof+0x2fd/0x410
    cfg80211_scan+0x133/0x730
    nl80211_trigger_scan+0xc69/0x1cc0
    genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x204/0x2f0
    genl_rcv_msg+0x431/0x6b0
    netlink_rcv_skb+0x143/0x3f0
    genl_rcv+0x27/0x40
    netlink_unicast+0x4f6/0x820
    netlink_sendmsg+0x797/0xce0
    __sock_sendmsg+0xc4/0x160
    ____sys_sendmsg+0x5e4/0x890
    ___sys_sendmsg+0xf8/0x180
    __sys_sendmsg+0x136/0x1e0
    __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x76/0xc0
    x64_sys_call+0x13f0/0x17d0

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org).

Fixes: c8cb5b854b40 ("nl80211/cfg80211: support 6 GHz scanning")
Signed-off-by: Fedor Pchelkin <pchelkin@ispras.ru>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260601094157.92703-1-pchelkin@ispras.ru
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
net/wireless/scan.c