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Rameshkumar Sundaram 97acb0259c wifi: ath11k: fix group data packet drops during rekey 
During GTK rekey, mac80211 issues a clear key (if the old key exists)
followed by an install key operation in the same context. This causes
ath11k to send two WMI commands in quick succession: one to clear the
old key and another to install the new key in the same slot.

Under certain conditions—especially under high load or time sensitive
scenarios, firmware may process these commands asynchronously in a way
that firmware assumes the key is cleared whereas hardware has a valid key.
This inconsistency between hardware and firmware leads to group addressed
packet drops. Only setting the same key again can restore a valid key in
firmware and allow packets to be transmitted.

This issue remained latent because the host's clear key commands were
not effective in firmware until commit 436a4e8865 ("ath11k: clear the
keys properly via DISABLE_KEY"). That commit enabled the host to
explicitly clear group keys, which inadvertently exposed the race.

To mitigate this, restrict group key clearing across all modes (AP, STA,
MESH). During rekey, the new key can simply be set on top of the previous
one, avoiding the need for a clear followed by a set.

However, in AP mode specifically, permit group key clearing when no
stations are associated. This exception supports transitions from secure
modes (e.g., WPA2/WPA3) to open mode, during which all associated peers
are removed and the group key is cleared as part of the transition.

Add a per-BSS station counter to track the presence of stations during
set key operations. Also add a reset_group_keys flag to track the key
re-installation state and avoid repeated installation of the same key
when the number of connected stations transitions to non-zero within a
rekey period.

Additionally, for AP and Mesh modes, when the first station associates,
reinstall the same group key that was last set. This ensures that the
firmware recovers from any race that may have occurred during a previous
key clear when no stations were associated.

This change ensures that key clearing is permitted only when no clients
are connected, avoiding packet loss while enabling dynamic security mode
transitions.

Tested-on: QCN9074 hw1.0 PCI WLAN.HK.2.9.0.1-02146-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
Tested-on: WCN6855 hw2.1 PCI WLAN.HSP.1.1-03125-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_SILICONZ_LITE-3.6510.41

Reported-by: Steffen Moser <lists@steffen-moser.de>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/c6366409-9928-4dd7-bf7b-ba7fcf20eabf@steffen-moser.de
Fixes: 436a4e8865 ("ath11k: clear the keys properly via DISABLE_KEY")
Signed-off-by: Rameshkumar Sundaram <rameshkumar.sundaram@oss.qualcomm.com>
Tested-by: Nicolas Escande <nico.escande@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vasanthakumar.thiagarajan@oss.qualcomm.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250810170018.1124014-1-rameshkumar.sundaram@oss.qualcomm.com
Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson <jeff.johnson@oss.qualcomm.com>
2025-09-02 15:43:16 -07:00
arch LoongArch: KVM: Add address alignment check in pch_pic register access 2025-08-20 22:51:15 +08:00
block block: restore default wbt enablement 2025-08-13 05:33:48 -06:00
certs sign-file,extract-cert: use pkcs11 provider for OPENSSL MAJOR >= 3 2024-09-20 19:52:48 +03:00
crypto Significant patch series in this pull request: 2025-08-03 16:23:09 -07:00
Documentation Including fixes from Bluetooth. 2025-08-21 13:51:15 -04:00
drivers wifi: ath11k: fix group data packet drops during rekey 2025-09-02 15:43:16 -07:00
fs Three ksmbd smb3 server fixes 2025-08-21 04:48:41 -07:00
include Including fixes from Bluetooth. 2025-08-21 13:51:15 -04:00
init Significant patch series in this pull request: 2025-08-03 16:23:09 -07:00
io_uring io_uring/io-wq: add check free worker before create new worker 2025-08-13 06:31:10 -06:00
ipc vfs-6.17-rc1.mmap_prepare 2025-07-28 13:43:25 -07:00
kernel Probes fixes for v6.17-rc2: 2025-08-20 16:29:30 -07:00
lib Crypto library fixes for v6.17-rc3 2025-08-21 04:54:01 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the GFDL-1.2 2025-07-24 11:15:39 +02:00
mm mm/mremap: avoid expensive folio lookup on mremap folio pte batch 2025-08-11 23:00:59 -07:00
net wifi: mac80211: do not permit 40 MHz EHT operation on 5/6 GHz 2025-08-28 13:39:16 +02:00
rust rust: kbuild: clean output before running rustdoc 2025-08-12 21:10:50 +02:00
samples Significant patch series in this pull request: 2025-08-03 16:23:09 -07:00
scripts Kbuild updates for v6.17 2025-08-06 07:32:52 +03:00
security + Features 2025-08-04 08:17:28 -07:00
sound ALSA: hda/tas2781: Normalize the volume kcontrol name 2025-08-14 11:17:12 +02:00
tools Including fixes from Bluetooth. 2025-08-21 13:51:15 -04:00
usr usr/include: openrisc: don't HDRTEST bpf_perf_event.h 2025-05-12 15:03:17 +09:00
virt Merge tag 'kvm-x86-no_assignment-6.17' of https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux into HEAD 2025-07-29 08:36:42 -04:00
.clang-format Linux 6.15-rc5 2025-05-06 16:39:25 +10:00
.clippy.toml rust: clean Rust 1.88.0's warning about clippy::disallowed_macros configuration 2025-05-07 00:11:47 +02:00
.cocciconfig
.editorconfig .editorconfig: remove trim_trailing_whitespace option 2024-06-13 16:47:52 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore MAINTAINERS: Retire Ralf Baechle 2024-11-12 15:48:59 +01:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set diff driver for Rust source code files 2023-05-31 17:48:25 +02:00
.gitignore gitignore: allow .pylintrc to be tracked 2025-07-02 17:10:04 -06:00
.mailmap Significant patch series in this pull request: 2025-08-03 16:23:09 -07:00
.pylintrc docs: add a .pylintrc file with sys path for docs scripts 2025-04-09 12:10:33 -06:00
.rustfmt.toml rust: add .rustfmt.toml 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS Kbuild updates for v6.17 2025-08-06 07:32:52 +03:00
Kbuild drm: ensure drm headers are self-contained and pass kernel-doc 2025-02-12 10:44:43 +02:00
Kconfig io_uring: Rename KConfig to Kconfig 2025-02-19 14:53:27 -07:00
MAINTAINERS MAINTAINERS: update s390/net 2025-08-14 17:36:15 -07:00
Makefile Linux 6.17-rc2 2025-08-17 15:22:10 -07:00
README README: Fix spelling 2024-03-18 03:36:32 -06:00

README 

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.