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[kworker/u16:4:6124]\n Workqueue: events_unbound cfg80211_wiphy_work [cfg80211]\n RIP: 0010:rtw89_hw_scan_add_chan_ax+0xb3/0x6e0 [rtw89_core]\n Code: a0 48 89 45 a8 44 89 6d 9c 44 89 75 98 eb 29 66 66 2e 0f 1f\n 84 00 00 00 00 00 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 66 90 83 c3 01\n <0f> b6 c3 41 3b 44 24 74 0f 83 0b 02 00 00 0f b6 c3 48 8d 14 80 49\n RSP: 0018:ffffcb48cbaa39f8 EFLAGS: 00000202\n RAX: 0000000000000005 RBX: 00000000137466a1 RCX: 0000000000000000\n RDX: ffff89ffc9d851a8 RSI: 0000000000004f0d RDI: 0000000096af0130\n RBP: ffffcb48cbaa3a60 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffff8a00b7502080\n R10: ffff8a00b75ff600 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff89ffc7553870\n R13: ffff8a00b7ac8f19 R14: ffff8a00b75020d8 R15: ffff89ffc3d54d80\n FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8a014f962000(0000)\n knlGS:0000000000000000\n CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n CR2: 00007558d7f9f4c4 CR3: 0000000178040001 CR4: 00000000001706f0\n Call Trace:\n \n rtw89_hw_scan_prep_chan_list_ax+0x8a/0x400 [rtw89_core]\n rtw89_hw_scan_start+0x546/0x8a0 [rtw89_core]\n ? rtw89_fw_h2c_default_cmac_tbl+0x13c/0x1f0 [rtw89_core]\n rtw89_ops_hw_scan+0xae/0x120 [rtw89_core]\n drv_hw_scan+0xbb/0x180 [mac80211]\n __ieee80211_start_scan+0x2fc/0x750 [mac80211]\n ieee80211_request_scan+0xe/0x20 [mac80211]\n ieee80211_scan+0x123/0x190 [mac80211]\n rdev_scan+0x40/0x110 [cfg80211]\n cfg80211_scan_6ghz+0x5a1/0xa30 [cfg80211]\n\nBy objdump with source:\n\n\tfor (i = 0; i < req->n_6ghz_params; i++) {\n 5fbc0:\t83 c3 01 \tadd $0x1,%ebx --> i++\n 5fbc3:\t0f b6 c3 \tmovzbl %bl,%eax --> get counter\n fbc6:\t41 3b 44 24 74 \tcmp 0x74(%r12),%eax\n\n * RBX: 00000000137466a1 -> %bl = a1 -> EAX = 000000a1 (161)", "affected": [ { "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "versions": [ { "version": "c6aa9a9c47252ac7b07ed6d10459027e2f2a2de0", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "966fbed4b4463fbcb49c5becf3f86eae776861bd" }, { "version": "c6aa9a9c47252ac7b07ed6d10459027e2f2a2de0", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "05d46e30303275f21f13c951166d39c85df976d4" }, { "version": "c6aa9a9c47252ac7b07ed6d10459027e2f2a2de0", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "7a1ab5fdcae896e20ca6d68fa0fbd2816cb7471f" }, { "version": "c6aa9a9c47252ac7b07ed6d10459027e2f2a2de0", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "140fa699cfd0e18ab2f1497acd951fb3548610f5" }, { "version": "c6aa9a9c47252ac7b07ed6d10459027e2f2a2de0", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "08fdcb529df6df3562dd2b0035f88dd5be8b3c68" } ] }, { "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "versions": [ { "version": "6.4", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThan": "6.4" }, { "version": "6.6.145", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*" }, { "version": "6.12.97", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*" }, { "version": "6.18.40", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*" }, { "version": "7.1.5", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*" }, { "version": "7.2", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix", "lessThanOrEqual": "*" } ] } ] } } }