Re: [syzbot] [PATCH wireless] wifi: ath6kl: remove WARN on bad firmware input
From: syzbot
Date: Tue Jun 17 2025 - 05:45:53 EST
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Subject: [PATCH wireless] wifi: ath6kl: remove WARN on bad firmware input
Author: johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
If the firmware gives bad input, that's nothing to do with
the driver's stack at this point etc., so the WARN_ON()
doesn't add any value. Additionally, this is one of the
top syzbot reports now. Just print a message, and as an
added bonus, print the sizes too.
Reported-by: syzbot+92c6dd14aaa230be6855@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
---
#syz test
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/bmi.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/bmi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/bmi.c
index af98e871199d..5a9e93fd1ef4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/bmi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/bmi.c
@@ -87,7 +87,9 @@ int ath6kl_bmi_get_target_info(struct ath6kl *ar,
* We need to do some backwards compatibility to make this work.
*/
if (le32_to_cpu(targ_info->byte_count) != sizeof(*targ_info)) {
- WARN_ON(1);
+ ath6kl_err("mismatched byte count %d vs. expected %zd\n",
+ le32_to_cpu(targ_info->byte_count),
+ sizeof(*targ_info));
return -EINVAL;
}
--
2.49.0