[PATCH 6.12.y] wifi: mac80211: always free skb on ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb() failure

[Li hongliang]

From: Felix Fietkau <nbd at nbd.name>

[ Upstream commit d5ad6ab61cbd89afdb60881f6274f74328af3ee9 ]

ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb() has three error paths, but only two of them
free the skb. The first error path (ieee80211_tx_prepare() returning
TX_DROP) does not free it, while invoke_tx_handlers() failure and the
fragmentation check both do.

Add kfree_skb() to the first error path so all three are consistent,
and remove the now-redundant frees in callers (ath9k, mt76,
mac80211_hwsim) to avoid double-free.

Document the skb ownership guarantee in the function's kdoc.

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd at nbd.name>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260314065455.2462900-1-nbd@nbd.name
Fixes: 06be6b149f7e ("mac80211: add ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb() helper function")
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg at intel.com>
[ Exclude changes to drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/scan.c as this file is first
 introduced by commit 31083e38548f("wifi: mt76: add code for emulating hardware scanning")
 after linux-6.14.]
Signed-off-by: Li hongliang <1468888505 at 139.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/channel.c      | 6 ++----
 drivers/net/wireless/virtual/mac80211_hwsim.c | 1 -
 include/net/mac80211.h                        | 4 +++-
 net/mac80211/tx.c                             | 4 +++-
 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/channel.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/channel.c
index 571062f2e82a..ba8ec5112afe 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/channel.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/channel.c
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ static void ath_scan_send_probe(struct ath_softc *sc,
 	skb_set_queue_mapping(skb, IEEE80211_AC_VO);
 
 	if (!ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb(sc->hw, vif, skb, band, NULL))
-		goto error;
+		return;
 
 	txctl.txq = sc->tx.txq_map[IEEE80211_AC_VO];
 	if (ath_tx_start(sc->hw, skb, &txctl))
@@ -1124,10 +1124,8 @@ ath_chanctx_send_vif_ps_frame(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_vif *avp,
 
 		skb->priority = 7;
 		skb_set_queue_mapping(skb, IEEE80211_AC_VO);
-		if (!ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb(sc->hw, vif, skb, band, &sta)) {
-			dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
+		if (!ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb(sc->hw, vif, skb, band, &sta))
 			return false;
-		}
 		break;
 	default:
 		return false;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/virtual/mac80211_hwsim.c b/drivers/net/wireless/virtual/mac80211_hwsim.c
index 8b4fd5fd11b0..e992e59b5918 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/virtual/mac80211_hwsim.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/virtual/mac80211_hwsim.c
@@ -2977,7 +2977,6 @@ static void hw_scan_work(struct work_struct *work)
 						      hwsim->tmp_chan->band,
 						      NULL)) {
 				rcu_read_unlock();
-				kfree_skb(probe);
 				continue;
 			}
 
diff --git a/include/net/mac80211.h b/include/net/mac80211.h
index 80259a37e724..7d71a4149cdf 100644
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -7208,7 +7208,9 @@ void ieee80211_report_wowlan_wakeup(struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
  * @band: the band to transmit on
  * @sta: optional pointer to get the station to send the frame to
  *
- * Return: %true if the skb was prepared, %false otherwise
+ * Return: %true if the skb was prepared, %false otherwise.
+ * On failure, the skb is freed by this function; callers must not
+ * free it again.
  *
  * Note: must be called under RCU lock
  */
diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
index 9142d748a6a7..0458cbba232e 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -1897,8 +1897,10 @@ bool ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 	struct ieee80211_tx_data tx;
 	struct sk_buff *skb2;
 
-	if (ieee80211_tx_prepare(sdata, &tx, NULL, skb) == TX_DROP)
+	if (ieee80211_tx_prepare(sdata, &tx, NULL, skb) == TX_DROP) {
+		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return false;
+	}
 
 	info->band = band;
 	info->control.vif = vif;
-- 
2.34.1