Re: [PATCH v3] wifi: brcmfmac: cyw: pass PMKID to firmware if present

From: Gokul Sivakumar

Date: Tue Aug 04 2026 - 02:01:10 EST


On 08/03, Bogdan Nicolae wrote:
> Zero out auth_status on initialization. Otherwise, garbage will
> leak from the stack to the firmware (when ssid is less than 32 bytes
> and/or when params->pmkid is set). Then, pass the params->pmkid to the
> firmware (without it, the firmware caches a garbage PMKID on successful
> authentication and denies a subsequent association request that includes
> the PMKID).
>
> Fixes: 66f909308a7c ("wifi: brcmfmac: cyw: support external SAE authentication in station mode")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Bogdan Nicolae <bogdan.nicolae@xxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v3: Added Fixes, Cc: stable, and Acked-by tags
> v2: Split into a separate patch
>
> drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cyw/core.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cyw/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cyw/core.c
> index 873754be5..2c59b5e57 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cyw/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cyw/core.c
> @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ brcmf_cyw_external_auth(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
> {
> struct brcmf_if *ifp;
> struct brcmf_pub *drvr;
> - struct brcmf_auth_req_status_le auth_status;
> + struct brcmf_auth_req_status_le auth_status = {};

Need to fix the alignment here.

> int ret = 0;
>
> brcmf_dbg(TRACE, "Enter\n");
> @@ -208,6 +208,8 @@ brcmf_cyw_external_auth(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
> ifp = netdev_priv(dev);
> drvr = ifp->drvr;
> if (params->status == WLAN_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
> + if (params->pmkid)
> + memcpy(auth_status.pmkid, params->pmkid, WLAN_PMKID_LEN);

also here.

> auth_status.flags = cpu_to_le16(BRCMF_EXTAUTH_SUCCESS);
> } else {
> bphy_err(drvr, "External authentication failed: status=%d\n",
> --

Patch needs to pass the checkpatch.pl, before it can be submitted for review.

And need to follow these guidelines for linux wireless
https://wireless.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches.html

Gokul