[PATCH 6.1.y] wifi: cfg80211: release locks on error in cfg80211_wext_siwgenie()

From: Wentao Guan

Date: Mon Oct 12 2026 - 11:54:31 EST


This error path returns while wdev_lock() is still held, so one
malformed IE request can permanently block later operations on this
wiphy. Route the error through out to release the lock.

Reported-by: Harshit Mogalapalli <harshit.m.mogalapalli@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/93db0eae-f479-4343-a126-59987ae0dc22@xxxxxxxxxx/
Fixes: 8b921a899346 ("wifi: cfg80211: validate IEs in cfg80211_wext_siwgenie()")
Signed-off-by: Wentao Guan <guanwentao@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/wireless/wext-sme.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/wireless/wext-sme.c b/net/wireless/wext-sme.c
index be121fa36c514..ba6d8827f64b3 100644
--- a/net/wireless/wext-sme.c
+++ b/net/wireless/wext-sme.c
@@ -352,8 +352,10 @@ int cfg80211_wext_siwgenie(struct net_device *dev,
/* nothing */
}

- if (!for_each_element_completed(elem, extra, ie_len))
- return -EINVAL;
+ if (!for_each_element_completed(elem, extra, ie_len)) {
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
+ }

ie = kmemdup(extra, ie_len, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!ie) {
--
2.39.5