Re: [PATCH v2 6.6.y] wifi: cfg80211: release locks on error in cfg80211_wext_siwgenie()

[Greg KH]

On Mon, Oct 12, 2026 at 11:40:59PM +0800, Wentao Guan wrote:
> This error path returns while both wiphy_lock() and wdev_lock() are still
> held, so one malformed IE request can permanently block later operations
> on this wiphy. Route the error through out to release both locks.
> 
> Reported-by: Harshit Mogalapalli <harshit.m.mogalapalli@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/93db0eae-f479-4343-a126-59987ae0dc22@xxxxxxxxxx/
> Fixes: d01f1600e8b0 ("wifi: cfg80211: validate IEs in cfg80211_wext_siwgenie()")
> Signed-off-by: Wentao Guan <guanwentao@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> changelog v2:
> add Reported-by.


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This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
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