Thread (2 messages) 2 messages, 2 authors, 2026-01-26
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[PATCH] wifi: iwlegacy: add missing mutex protection in il4965_store_tx_power()

From: Ziyi Guo <hidden>
Date: 2026-01-25 19:40:44
Also in: lkml
Subsystem: intel wireless 3945abg/bg, 4965agn (iwlegacy), the rest · Maintainers: Stanislaw Gruszka, Linus Torvalds

il4965_store_tx_power() calls il_set_tx_power() without holding il->mutex.
However, il_set_tx_power() has lockdep_assert_held(&il->mutex) indicating
that callers must hold this lock.

All other callers of il_set_tx_power() properly acquire the mutex:
- il_bg_scan_completed() acquires mutex at common.c:1683
- il_mac_config() acquires mutex at common.c:5006
- il3945_commit_rxon() and il4965_commit_rxon() are called via work
  queues that hold the mutex (like il4965_bg_alive_start)

Add mutex_lock()/mutex_unlock() around the il_set_tx_power() call in
the sysfs store function to fix the missing lock protection.

Signed-off-by: Ziyi Guo <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c
index 3588dec75ebd..57fa866efd9f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c
@@ -4606,7 +4606,9 @@ il4965_store_tx_power(struct device *d, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	if (ret)
 		IL_INFO("%s is not in decimal form.\n", buf);
 	else {
+		mutex_lock(&il->mutex);
 		ret = il_set_tx_power(il, val, false);
+		mutex_unlock(&il->mutex);
 		if (ret)
 			IL_ERR("failed setting tx power (0x%08x).\n", ret);
 		else
-- 
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