The patch below does not apply to the 4.14-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable(a)vger.kernel.org>.
To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:
git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-4.14.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 1422b526fba994cf05fd288a152106563b875fce
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable(a)vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2023090203-recovery-thespian-8971@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 4.14.y' HEAD^..
Possible dependencies:
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From 1422b526fba994cf05fd288a152106563b875fce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nam Cao <namcaov(a)gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2023 13:06:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] staging: rtl8712: fix race condition
In probe function, request_firmware_nowait() is called to load firmware
asynchronously. At completion of firmware loading, register_netdev() is
called. However, a mutex needed by netdev is initialized after the call
to request_firmware_nowait(). Consequently, it can happen that
register_netdev() is called before the driver is ready.
Move the mutex initialization into r8712_init_drv_sw(), which is called
before request_firmware_nowait().
Reported-by: syzbot+b08315e8cf5a78eed03c(a)syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-staging/000000000000d9d4560601b8e0d7@google.c…
Fixes: 8c213fa59199 ("staging: r8712u: Use asynchronous firmware loading")
Cc: stable <stable(a)kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Nam Cao <namcaov(a)gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230731110620.116562-1-namcaov@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh(a)linuxfoundation.org>
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c
index a2f3645be0cc..b18e6d9c832b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ int r8712_init_drv_sw(struct _adapter *padapter)
mp871xinit(padapter);
init_default_value(padapter);
r8712_InitSwLeds(padapter);
+ mutex_init(&padapter->mutex_start);
return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c
index 37364d3101e2..df05213f922f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c
@@ -567,7 +567,6 @@ static int r871xu_drv_init(struct usb_interface *pusb_intf,
if (rtl871x_load_fw(padapter))
goto deinit_drv_sw;
init_completion(&padapter->rx_filter_ready);
- mutex_init(&padapter->mutex_start);
return 0;
deinit_drv_sw: