Wen Gong b5777172cc ath11k: add ieee80211_unregister_hw to avoid kernel crash caused by NULL pointer
[ Upstream commit 0d96968315d7ffbd70d608b29e9bea084210b96d ]

When function return fail to __ath11k_mac_register after success called
ieee80211_register_hw, then it set wiphy->dev.parent to NULL by
SET_IEEE80211_DEV(ar->hw, NULL) in end of __ath11k_mac_register, then
cfg80211_get_drvinfo will be called by below call stack, but the
wiphy->dev.parent is NULL, so kernel crash.

Call stack to cfg80211_get_drvinfo:
NetworkManager   826 [001]  6696.731371:    probe:cfg80211_get_drvinfo: (ffffffffc107d8f0)
        ffffffffc107d8f1 cfg80211_get_drvinfo+0x1 (/lib/modules/5.10.0-rc1-wt-ath+/kernel/net/wireless-back/cfg80211.ko)
        ffffffff9d8fc529 ethtool_get_drvinfo+0x99 (vmlinux)
        ffffffff9d90080e dev_ethtool+0x1dbe (vmlinux)
        ffffffff9d8b88f7 dev_ioctl+0xb7 (vmlinux)
        ffffffff9d8668de sock_do_ioctl+0xae (vmlinux)
        ffffffff9d866d60 sock_ioctl+0x350 (vmlinux)
        ffffffff9d2ca30e __x64_sys_ioctl+0x8e (vmlinux)
        ffffffff9da0dda3 do_syscall_64+0x33 (vmlinux)
        ffffffff9dc0008c entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44 (vmlinux)
            7feb5f673007 __GI___ioctl+0x7 (/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.23.so)
                       0 [unknown] ([unknown])

Code of cfg80211_get_drvinfo, the pdev which is wiphy->dev.parent is
NULL when kernel crash:
void cfg80211_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_drvinfo *info)
{
	struct wireless_dev *wdev = dev->ieee80211_ptr;
	struct device *pdev = wiphy_dev(wdev->wiphy);

	if (pdev->driver)
....

kernel crash log:
[  973.619550] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: failed to perform regd update : -16
[  973.619555] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: ath11k regd update failed: -16
[  973.619566] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: failed register the radio with mac80211: -16
[  973.619618] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: failed to create pdev core: -16
[  973.636035] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000068
[  973.636046] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[  973.636050] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[  973.636054] PGD 800000012452e067 P4D 800000012452e067 PUD 12452d067 PMD 0
[  973.636064] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI
[  973.636072] CPU: 3 PID: 848 Comm: NetworkManager Kdump: loaded Tainted: G        W  OE     5.10.0-rc1-wt-ath+ #24
[  973.636076] Hardware name: LENOVO 418065C/418065C, BIOS 83ET63WW (1.33 ) 07/29/2011
[  973.636161] RIP: 0010:cfg80211_get_drvinfo+0x25/0xd0 [cfg80211]
[  973.636169] Code: e9 c9 fe ff ff 66 66 66 66 90 55 53 ba 20 00 00 00 48 8b af 08 03 00 00 48 89 f3 48 8d 7e 04 48 8b 45 00 48 8b 80 90 01 00 00 <48> 8b 40 68 48 85 c0 0f 84 8d 00 00 00 48 8b 30 e8 a6 cc 72 c7 48
[  973.636174] RSP: 0018:ffffaafb4040bbe0 EFLAGS: 00010286
[  973.636180] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffaafb4040bbfc RCX: 0000000000000000
[  973.636184] RDX: 0000000000000020 RSI: ffffaafb4040bbfc RDI: ffffaafb4040bc00
[  973.636188] RBP: ffff8a84c9568950 R08: 722d302e30312e35 R09: 74612d74772d3163
[  973.636192] R10: 3163722d302e3031 R11: 2b6874612d74772d R12: ffffaafb4040bbfc
[  973.636196] R13: 00007ffe453707c0 R14: ffff8a84c9568000 R15: 0000000000000000
[  973.636202] FS:  00007fd3d179b940(0000) GS:ffff8a84fa2c0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[  973.636206] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[  973.636211] CR2: 0000000000000068 CR3: 00000001153b6002 CR4: 00000000000606e0
[  973.636215] Call Trace:
[  973.636234]  ethtool_get_drvinfo+0x99/0x1f0
[  973.636246]  dev_ethtool+0x1dbe/0x2be0
[  973.636256]  ? mntput_no_expire+0x35/0x220
[  973.636264]  ? inet_ioctl+0x1ce/0x200
[  973.636274]  ? tomoyo_path_number_perm+0x68/0x1d0
[  973.636282]  ? kmem_cache_alloc+0x3cb/0x430
[  973.636290]  ? dev_ioctl+0xb7/0x570
[  973.636295]  dev_ioctl+0xb7/0x570
[  973.636307]  sock_do_ioctl+0xae/0x150
[  973.636315]  ? sock_ioctl+0x350/0x3c0
[  973.636319]  sock_ioctl+0x350/0x3c0
[  973.636332]  ? __x64_sys_ioctl+0x8e/0xd0
[  973.636339]  ? dlci_ioctl_set+0x30/0x30
[  973.636346]  __x64_sys_ioctl+0x8e/0xd0
[  973.636359]  do_syscall_64+0x33/0x80
[  973.636368]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9

Sequence of function call when wlan load for success case when function
__ath11k_mac_register return 0:

kworker/u16:3-e  2922 [001]  6696.729734:   probe:ieee80211_register_hw: (ffffffffc116ae60)
kworker/u16:3-e  2922 [001]  6696.730210:        probe:ieee80211_if_add: (ffffffffc1185cc0)
NetworkManager   826 [001]  6696.731345:     probe:ethtool_get_drvinfo: (ffffffff9d8fc490)
NetworkManager   826 [001]  6696.731371:    probe:cfg80211_get_drvinfo: (ffffffffc107d8f0)
NetworkManager   826 [001]  6696.731639:     probe:ethtool_get_drvinfo: (ffffffff9d8fc490)
NetworkManager   826 [001]  6696.731653:    probe:cfg80211_get_drvinfo: (ffffffffc107d8f0)
NetworkManager   826 [001]  6696.732866:     probe:ethtool_get_drvinfo: (ffffffff9d8fc490)
NetworkManager   826 [001]  6696.732893:    probe:cfg80211_get_drvinfo: (ffffffffc107d8f0)
systemd-udevd  3850 [003]  6696.737199:     probe:ethtool_get_drvinfo: (ffffffff9d8fc490)
systemd-udevd  3850 [003]  6696.737226:    probe:cfg80211_get_drvinfo: (ffffffffc107d8f0)
NetworkManager   826 [000]  6696.759950:     probe:ethtool_get_drvinfo: (ffffffff9d8fc490)
NetworkManager   826 [000]  6696.759967:    probe:cfg80211_get_drvinfo: (ffffffffc107d8f0)
NetworkManager   826 [000]  6696.760057:     probe:ethtool_get_drvinfo: (ffffffff9d8fc490)
NetworkManager   826 [000]  6696.760062:    probe:cfg80211_get_drvinfo: (ffffffffc107d8f0)

After apply this patch, kernel crash gone, and below is the test case's
sequence of function call and log when wlan load with fail by function
ath11k_regd_update, and __ath11k_mac_register return fail:

kworker/u16:5-e   192 [001]   215.174388:   probe:ieee80211_register_hw: (ffffffffc1131e60)
kworker/u16:5-e   192 [000]   215.174973:        probe:ieee80211_if_add: (ffffffffc114ccc0)
NetworkManager   846 [001]   215.175857:     probe:ethtool_get_drvinfo: (ffffffff928fc490)
kworker/u16:5-e   192 [000]   215.175867: probe:ieee80211_unregister_hw: (ffffffffc1131970)
NetworkManager   846 [001]   215.175880:    probe:cfg80211_get_drvinfo: (ffffffffc107f8f0)
NetworkManager   846 [001]   215.176105:     probe:ethtool_get_drvinfo: (ffffffff928fc490)
NetworkManager   846 [001]   215.176118:    probe:cfg80211_get_drvinfo: (ffffffffc107f8f0)
[  215.175859] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: ath11k regd update failed: -16
NetworkManager   846 [001]   215.196420:     probe:ethtool_get_drvinfo: (ffffffff928fc490)
NetworkManager   846 [001]   215.196430:    probe:cfg80211_get_drvinfo: (ffffffffc107f8f0)
[  215.258598] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: failed register the radio with mac80211: -16
[  215.258613] ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: failed to create pdev core: -16

When ath11k_regd_update or ath11k_debugfs_register return fail, function
ieee80211_unregister_hw of mac80211 will be called, then it will wait
untill cfg80211_get_drvinfo finished, the wiphy->dev.parent is not NULL
at this moment, after that, it set wiphy->dev.parent to NULL by
SET_IEEE80211_DEV(ar->hw, NULL) in end of __ath11k_mac_register, so
not happen kernel crash.

Tested-on: QCA6390 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HST.1.0.1-01740-QCAHSTSWPLZ_V2_TO_X86-1
Signed-off-by: Wen Gong <wgong@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1608607824-16067-1-git-send-email-wgong@codeaurora.org
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
2021-04-07 15:00:07 +02:00
2021-04-07 15:00:03 +02:00
2020-10-17 11:18:18 -07:00
2021-03-30 14:32:09 +02:00

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