[PATCH ath-next] wifi: ath12k: clear stale link mapping of ahvif->links_map

Aaradhana Sahu aaradhana.sahu at oss.qualcomm.com
Mon Jan 26 19:34:00 PST 2026


When an arvif is initialized in non-AP STA mode but MLO connection
preparation fails before the arvif is created
(arvif->is_created remains false), the error path attempts to delete all
links. However, link deletion only executes when arvif->is_created is true.
As a result, ahvif retains a stale entry of arvif that is initialized but
not created.

When a new arvif is initialized with the same link id, this stale mapping
triggers the following WARN_ON.

WARNING: drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c:4271 at ath12k_mac_op_change_vif_links+0x140/0x180 [ath12k], CPU#3: wpa_supplicant/275

Call trace:
 ath12k_mac_op_change_vif_links+0x140/0x180 [ath12k] (P)
 drv_change_vif_links+0xbc/0x1a4 [mac80211]
 ieee80211_vif_update_links+0x54c/0x6a0 [mac80211]
 ieee80211_vif_set_links+0x40/0x70 [mac80211]
 ieee80211_prep_connection+0x84/0x450 [mac80211]
 ieee80211_mgd_auth+0x200/0x480 [mac80211]
 ieee80211_auth+0x14/0x20 [mac80211]
 cfg80211_mlme_auth+0x90/0xf0 [cfg80211]
 nl80211_authenticate+0x32c/0x380 [cfg80211]
 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xc8/0x134

Fix this issue by unassigning the link vif and clearing ahvif->links_map
if arvif is only initialized but not created.

Tested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.5-01651-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1

Fixes: 81e4be30544e ("wifi: ath12k: handle link removal in change_vif_links()")
Signed-off-by: Aaradhana Sahu <aaradhana.sahu at oss.qualcomm.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c
index cdb72439dcf4..9a926f5b7e8a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c
@@ -4281,8 +4281,10 @@ ath12k_mac_op_change_vif_links(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 		if (WARN_ON(!arvif))
 			return -EINVAL;
 
-		if (!arvif->is_created)
+		if (!arvif->is_created) {
+			ath12k_mac_unassign_link_vif(arvif);
 			continue;
+		}
 
 		if (WARN_ON(!arvif->ar))
 			return -EINVAL;

base-commit: 13f9e5344a517048f3d8c61e49a9a72f97410de3
-- 
2.34.1




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