Forwarded: [PATCH] mac80211: fix using smp_processor_id() in preemptible code in ieee80211_tx_control_port()

From: syzbot

Date: Thu Sep 10 2026 - 00:14:10 EST


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Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: fix using smp_processor_id() in preemptible code in ieee80211_tx_control_port()
Author: kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx

#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git master


ieee80211_tx_control_port() can be called from nl80211_tx_control_port()
in normal process context via netlink sendmsg(), where BH/preemption
is not disabled. dev_sw_netstats_tx_add() uses this_cpu_ptr() internally,
which requires preemption to be disabled, triggering a
"BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible code" warning.

Fix this by moving the local_bh_disable()/local_bh_enable() section to
also cover dev_sw_netstats_tx_add() and ieee80211_tpt_led_trig_tx().

Reported-by: syzbot+d979bd35c8a76fd1b6f5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=d979bd35c8a76fd1b6f5
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/mac80211/tx.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
index 74ab27534076..7b1a3c63e5dc 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -6687,10 +6687,9 @@ int ieee80211_tx_control_port(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
return -EINVAL;
}

+ local_bh_disable();
dev_sw_netstats_tx_add(dev, 1, skb->len);
ieee80211_tpt_led_trig_tx(local, skb->len);
-
- local_bh_disable();
ieee80211_xmit(sdata, sta, skb);
local_bh_enable();
rcu_read_unlock();
--
2.34.1