[PATCH 02/13] wifi: mt76: fix list corruption in mt76_wcid_cleanup
Zac
zac at zacbowling.com
Tue Jan 20 12:10:32 PST 2026
From: Zac Bowling <zac at zacbowling.com>
mt76_wcid_cleanup() was not removing wcid entries from sta_poll_list
before mt76_reset_device() reinitializes the master list. This leaves
stale pointers in wcid->poll_list, causing list corruption when
mt76_wcid_add_poll() later checks list_empty() and tries to add the
entry back.
The fix adds proper cleanup of poll_list in mt76_wcid_cleanup(),
matching how tx_list is already handled. This is similar to what
mt7996_mac_sta_deinit_link() already does correctly.
Fixes list corruption warnings like:
list_add corruption. prev->next should be next (ffffffff...)
Signed-off-by: Zac Bowling <zac at zacbowling.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mac80211.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mac80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mac80211.c
index 75772979f438..d0c522909e98 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mac80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mac80211.c
@@ -1716,6 +1716,16 @@ void mt76_wcid_cleanup(struct mt76_dev *dev, struct mt76_wcid *wcid)
idr_destroy(&wcid->pktid);
+ /* Remove from sta_poll_list to prevent list corruption after reset.
+ * Without this, mt76_reset_device() reinitializes sta_poll_list but
+ * leaves wcid->poll_list with stale pointers, causing list corruption
+ * when mt76_wcid_add_poll() checks list_empty().
+ */
+ spin_lock_bh(&dev->sta_poll_lock);
+ if (!list_empty(&wcid->poll_list))
+ list_del_init(&wcid->poll_list);
+ spin_unlock_bh(&dev->sta_poll_lock);
+
spin_lock_bh(&phy->tx_lock);
if (!list_empty(&wcid->tx_list))
--
2.52.0
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