[PATCH v2] wifi: mac80211: mesh: free pending CSA settings on interface stop
From: Deepanshu Kartikey
Date: Tue Aug 25 2026 - 10:04:55 EST
ifmsh->csa is allocated in ieee80211_mesh_csa_beacon() and normally
freed in ieee80211_mesh_finish_csa() once the channel switch
completes. If the mesh interface is stopped while a channel switch
is still in progress, ifmsh->csa is never freed, leaking the
mesh_csa_settings object.
Free it in ieee80211_stop_mesh(), the same way ifmsh->beacon is
already handled there.
Reported-by: syzbot+f5752cd6b94fe38be666@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=f5752cd6b94fe38be666
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260824054611.29728-1-kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx/T/ [v1]
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: drop unnecessary NULL check around csa, kfree_rcu() already
handles a NULL pointer (Nicolas Escande)
---
net/mac80211/mesh.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh.c b/net/mac80211/mesh.c
index d4507e4e6ec1..48015dcb7add 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mesh.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mesh.c
@@ -1201,6 +1201,7 @@ void ieee80211_stop_mesh(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
struct ieee80211_if_mesh *ifmsh = &sdata->u.mesh;
struct beacon_data *bcn;
+ struct mesh_csa_settings *csa;
netif_carrier_off(sdata->dev);
@@ -1222,6 +1223,11 @@ void ieee80211_stop_mesh(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
RCU_INIT_POINTER(ifmsh->beacon, NULL);
kfree_rcu(bcn, rcu_head);
+ /* free any pending, unfinished channel switch */
+ csa = sdata_dereference(ifmsh->csa, sdata);
+ RCU_INIT_POINTER(ifmsh->csa, NULL);
+ kfree_rcu(csa, rcu_head);
+
/* free all potentially still buffered group-addressed frames */
local->total_ps_buffered -= skb_queue_len(&ifmsh->ps.bc_buf);
skb_queue_purge(&ifmsh->ps.bc_buf);
--
2.34.1