Forwarded: [PATCH test] wifi: mac80211: acquire wiphy lock in ieee80211_uninit()

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Date: Sat Oct 03 2026 - 06:15:20 EST


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Subject: [PATCH test] wifi: mac80211: acquire wiphy lock in ieee80211_uninit()
Author: rajojha047@xxxxxxxxx

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

diff --git a/net/mac80211/iface.c b/net/mac80211/iface.c
index 842bfb4a7cb6..c011e40eb351 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/iface.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/iface.c
@@ -950,9 +950,13 @@ static void ieee80211_unlist_sdata(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
static void ieee80211_uninit(struct net_device *dev)
{
struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = IEEE80211_DEV_TO_SUB_IF(dev);
+ struct wiphy *wiphy = sdata->local->hw.wiphy;

ieee80211_unlist_sdata(sdata);
+
+ wiphy_lock(wiphy);
ieee80211_teardown_sdata(sdata);
+ wiphy_unlock(wiphy);
}

static int ieee80211_netdev_setup_tc(struct net_device *dev,