[PATCH 1/2] wifi: ath11k: fix error path leaks in some WMI WOW calls

Nicolas Escande nico.escande at gmail.com
Fri Apr 24 07:48:12 PDT 2026


Fix two instances where we used to directly return the result of
ath11k_wmi_cmd_send(...). Because we did not check the return value, we
also did not free the skb in the error path.

Fixes: 79802b13a492 ("ath11k: implement WoW enable and wakeup commands")
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Escande <nico.escande at gmail.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/wmi.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/wmi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/wmi.c
index 40747fba3b0c..024c2aad9fb4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/wmi.c
@@ -9332,6 +9332,7 @@ int ath11k_wmi_wow_host_wakeup_ind(struct ath11k *ar)
 	struct wmi_wow_host_wakeup_ind *cmd;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	size_t len;
+	int ret;
 
 	len = sizeof(*cmd);
 	skb = ath11k_wmi_alloc_skb(ar->wmi->wmi_ab, len);
@@ -9345,14 +9346,20 @@ int ath11k_wmi_wow_host_wakeup_ind(struct ath11k *ar)
 
 	ath11k_dbg(ar->ab, ATH11K_DBG_WMI, "tlv wow host wakeup ind\n");
 
-	return ath11k_wmi_cmd_send(ar->wmi, skb, WMI_WOW_HOSTWAKEUP_FROM_SLEEP_CMDID);
+	ret = ath11k_wmi_cmd_send(ar->wmi, skb, WMI_WOW_HOSTWAKEUP_FROM_SLEEP_CMDID);
+	if (ret) {
+		ath11k_warn(ar->ab, "failed to send WMI_WOW_HOSTWAKEUP_FROM_SLEEP_CMDID\n");
+		dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int ath11k_wmi_wow_enable(struct ath11k *ar)
 {
 	struct wmi_wow_enable_cmd *cmd;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
-	int len;
+	int ret, len;
 
 	len = sizeof(*cmd);
 	skb = ath11k_wmi_alloc_skb(ar->wmi->wmi_ab, len);
@@ -9367,7 +9374,13 @@ int ath11k_wmi_wow_enable(struct ath11k *ar)
 	cmd->pause_iface_config = WOW_IFACE_PAUSE_ENABLED;
 	ath11k_dbg(ar->ab, ATH11K_DBG_WMI, "tlv wow enable\n");
 
-	return ath11k_wmi_cmd_send(ar->wmi, skb, WMI_WOW_ENABLE_CMDID);
+	ret = ath11k_wmi_cmd_send(ar->wmi, skb, WMI_WOW_ENABLE_CMDID);
+	if (ret) {
+		ath11k_warn(ar->ab, "failed to send WMI_WOW_ENABLE_CMDID\n");
+		dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int ath11k_wmi_scan_prob_req_oui(struct ath11k *ar,
-- 
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