[PATCH ath-next] wifi: ath12k: initialize RSSI dBm conversion event state

Baochen Qiang baochen.qiang at oss.qualcomm.com
Mon Apr 27 19:54:37 PDT 2026



On 4/27/2026 6:30 PM, Rameshkumar Sundaram wrote:
> Currently, the RSSI dBm conversion event handler leaves struct
> ath12k_wmi_rssi_dbm_conv_info_arg uninitialized on the stack before
> calling the TLV parser. If one of the optional sub-TLVs is absent, the
> corresponding *_present flag retains stack garbage and later gets read
> in ath12k_wmi_update_rssi_offsets(). With UBSAN enabled this triggers an
> invalid-load report for _Bool:
> 
> UBSAN: invalid-load in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/wmi.c:9682:15
> load of value 9 is not a valid value for type '_Bool'
> Call Trace:
>  ath12k_wmi_rssi_dbm_conversion_params_info_event.cold+0x72/0x85 [ath12k]
>  ath12k_wmi_op_rx+0x1871/0x2ab0 [ath12k]
>  ath12k_htc_rx_completion_handler+0x44b/0x810 [ath12k]
>  ath12k_ce_recv_process_cb+0x554/0x9f0 [ath12k]
>  ath12k_ce_per_engine_service+0xbe/0xf0 [ath12k]
>  ath12k_pci_ce_workqueue+0x69/0x120 [ath12k]
> 
> Initialize the parsed event state to zero before passing it to the TLV
> parser so missing sub-TLVs correctly leave the presence flags false.
> 
> Tested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.4.1-00199-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
> 
> Fixes: 0314ee81a91d ("wifi: ath12k: handle WMI event for real noise floor calculation")
> Signed-off-by: Rameshkumar Sundaram <rameshkumar.sundaram at oss.qualcomm.com>

Reviewed-by: Baochen Qiang <baochen.qiang at oss.qualcomm.com>




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