kernel/git/stable/linux.git/net/mac80211/rx.c, branch linux-7.2.y

wifi: mac80211: recalculate TIM when a station enters power save

2026-07-21T11:35:22+00:00

When an AP buffers frames for a station on its per-station TXQs and the station subsequently enters power save, sta_ps_start() records the buffered TIDs in txq_buffered_tids but does not update the TIM. The station's TIM bit is only ever set when a further frame is buffered while the station is already asleep (ieee80211_tx_h_unicast_ps_buf() -> sta_info_recalc_tim()). If no further downlink frame arrives for that station the beacon TIM never advertises the buffered traffic. A station relying on the TIM then remains in doze indefinitely on top of a non-empty queue. Its TXQs were removed from the scheduler's active list at PS entry, nothing pages it, and the flow deadlocks until an unrelated event wakes the station. Recalculate the TIM at the end of sta_ps_start(), so traffic already buffered at PS entry is advertised immediately. sta_info_recalc_tim() already consults txq_buffered_tids, which is updated above, and is safe in this context (it is already called from equivalent paths such as the tx handlers and ieee80211_handle_filtered_frame()). Fixes: ba8c3d6f16a1 ("mac80211: add an intermediate software queue implementation") Signed-off-by: Andrew Pope Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260717011751.79524-1-andrew.pope@morsemicro.com [add wifi: subject prefix] Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211: validate extension-frame layout before RX

2026-07-06T12:11:09+00:00

Extension frames only have the extension header at the regular 802.11 header offset. The generic RX path can still reach helpers and interface dispatch code that read regular header address fields before unsupported extension subtypes are dropped. mac80211 currently only handles S1G beacon extension frames. Drop other extension subtypes before they can reach regular-header RX processing. For S1G beacons, linearize the SKB with the management-frame path and require the fixed S1G beacon header, including optional fixed fields indicated by frame control, before generic RX dispatch. Route S1G beacons through the station/default-link RX path without regular-header station lookup. Avoid regular-header address reads in the mac80211 RX paths that process S1G extension beacons, including accept-frame, duplicate-detection, address-copy, and MLO address-translation paths. Also make ieee80211_get_bssid() length-safe before returning the S1G source-address pointer. Fixes: 09a740ce352e ("mac80211: receive and process S1G beacons") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Zhao Li Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260611161943.91069-5-enderaoelyther@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211: fold tid_ampdu_rx allocations into a flexible array

2026-06-05T07:59:30+00:00

Convert the separately-allocated reorder_buf pointer to a C99 flexible array member at the end of struct tid_ampdu_rx, with both the sk_buff_head and the jiffies timestamp in each array element. This collapses three allocations into one and removes the corresponding kfree() pairs from the error and free paths. Assisted-by: opencode:big-pickle Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260605005627.317194-1-rosenp@gmail.com [fix kernel-doc] Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211: AP: handle DBE for clients

2026-06-03T12:11:58+00:00

In AP mode, track the BSS non-DBE bandwidth and apply that to all non-DBE clients, then track OMP updates from the clients and enable/disable DBE accordingly. For now don't send a response, clients need to have a timer anyway (it's up to the driver to set the right timeout in UHR capabilities.) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260529102644.be84f2b055cc.I4d2c067dfe54c47621d5a872ca07a0e754d6c20f@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211: parse and apply UHR DBE channel

2026-06-03T12:11:58+00:00

When a UHR AP has DBE enabled, parse the channel and apply it to the chandef. Apply for TX only after the OMP response (or timeout) so that the AP doesn't receive frames with DBE width before the station completed transition to DBE. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260529102644.cb810f212128.Ife37c2673251346e84e4250b242b31f0895520ab@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211: basic S1G rx rate reporting support

2026-06-03T12:11:56+00:00

Introduce basic rate encoding/decoding for S1G stas such that the usermode rx reporting is relevant as it currently uses VHT calculations which are obviously wildy different to S1G. Sample iw output (with the associated iw patches applied): Connected to 0c:bf:74:00:21:c4 (on wlan0) SSID: wifi_halow freq: 923.500 RX: 7325230 bytes (4756 packets) TX: 190044 bytes (2238 packets) signal: -38 dBm rx bitrate: 43.3 MBit/s S1G-MCS 9 8MHz short GI S1G-NSS 1 tx bitrate: 43.3 MBit/s S1G-MCS 9 8MHz short GI S1G-NSS 1 bss flags: dtim period: 1 beacon int: 100 Signed-off-by: Lachlan Hodges Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260602062224.1792985-1-lachlan.hodges@morsemicro.com Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net

2026-05-21T22:09:02+00:00

Cross-merge networking fixes after downstream PR (net-7.1-rc5). No conflicts, adjacent changes: drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_txrx.c cc199cd1b912 ("net/mlx5e: Reduce branches in napi poll") c326f9c68921 ("net/mlx5e: xsk: Fix unlocked writing to ICOSQ") drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c c6df9a65cbb0 ("net/mlx5: Skip disabled vports when setting max TX speed") 1fba57c91416 ("net/mlx5: Add VHCA_ID page management mode support") net/mac80211/mlme.c a6e6ccd5bd07 ("wifi: mac80211: consume only present negotiated TTLM maps") 49e62ec6eb06 ("wifi: mac80211: move frame RX handling to type files") Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

wifi: mac80211: capture fast-RX rate before mesh reuses skb->cb

2026-05-20T09:19:53+00:00

ieee80211_invoke_fast_rx() reads RX status through IEEE80211_SKB_RXCB(skb), which aliases the same skb->cb storage that ieee80211_rx_mesh_data() reuses as IEEE80211_TX_INFO. In the unicast forward path, mesh_data does: info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(fwd_skb); memset(info, 0, sizeof(*info)); on the same skb the caller still names via rx->skb, then either queues the skb for TX (success) or kfree_skb()'s it (no-route) before returning RX_QUEUED. The caller's RX_QUEUED arm then calls sta_stats_encode_rate(status) on memory that is either zeroed (success path) or freed (no-route path). The latter is KASAN slab-use-after-free in ieee80211_prepare_and_rx_handle. Fix by encoding the rate from status before invoking ieee80211_rx_mesh_data(), so the RX_QUEUED arm consumes a value captured while status was still backed by valid memory. Fixes: 3468e1e0c639 ("wifi: mac80211: add mesh fast-rx support") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Zhao Li Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260509043427.60322-2-enderaoelyther@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net

2026-05-07T18:19:07+00:00

Cross-merge networking fixes after downstream PR (net-7.1-rc3). Conflicts: net/ipv4/igmp.c 726fa7da2d8c ("ipv4: igmp: get rid of IGMPV3_{QQIC,MRC} and simplify calculation") c6bebaa744f7 ("ipv4: igmp: annotate data-races in igmp_heard_query()") https://lore.kernel.org/a7365e4873340f7a5e30411207de3bf9@kernel.org Adjacent changes: net/psp/psp_main.c 30cb24f97d44 ("psp: strip variable-length PSP header in psp_dev_rcv()") c2b22277ad89 ("psp: validate IPv4 header fields in psp_dev_rcv()") net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c f83e07b29246 ("net/sched: sch_fq_codel: annotate data-races from fq_codel_dump_class_stats()") 3f3aa77ff1c8 ("net/sched: add qstats_cpu_drop_inc() helper") net/wireless/pmsr.c 0f3c0a197309 ("wifi: nl80211: fix NL80211_PMSR_FTM_REQ_ATTR_FTMS_PER_BURST usage") 410aa47fd9d3 ("wifi: cfg80211: allow suppressing FTM result reporting for PD requests") Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

wifi: cfg80211/mac80211: Add NL80211_IFTYPE_PD for PD PASN and PMSR operations

2026-05-05T11:28:57+00:00

Add a new wdev-only interface type NL80211_IFTYPE_PD to support Proximity Detection (PD) operations such as PASN and peer measurement operations. This interface type operates without a netdev, similar to P2P_DEVICE and NAN interfaces. Implement support across cfg80211 and mac80211 layers with PD-specific checks gated by the NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_SECURE_RTT feature flag, management frame registration and transmission capabilities, and proper channel context handling where PD interfaces are excluded from bandwidth calculations. Update mac80211 to recognize the new interface type in the relevant paths for this management-only interface. PD discovery can be performed on any available interface, such as NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION. If PD/PMSR uses the MAC address of an existing interface type, such as NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION, then pairing and measurement shall use that same interface. If PD/PMSR uses a different MAC address, such as a random MAC address, then pairing and measurement can be performed on a new NL80211_IFTYPE_PD interface created with that random MAC address. Signed-off-by: Peddolla Harshavardhan Reddy Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260420090856.2152905-4-peddolla.reddy@oss.qualcomm.com [fix comment style] Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg