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[Bug 1354469] Re: [3.13.0-30.55] rtl8821ae Kernel PANIC due to calling incorrect function
Hello,
I can confirm the kernel panics after loading rtl8821ae module, while ubuntu boots on Asus R510L notebook.
$ sudo lspci|grep -i rtl
02:00.1 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 12)
03:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8821AE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
After blacklisting the rtl8821ae module the computer starts fine but without the network (wlan or ethernet):
$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-asus_rtl.conf
blacklist rtl8821ae
02:00.1 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 12)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 200f
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 65
I/O ports at e000 [size=256]
Memory at f7914000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Memory at f7910000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 01
Capabilities: [b0] MSI-X: Enable- Count=4 Masked-
Capabilities: [d0] Vital Product Data
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 34-80-75-<removed>
Capabilities: [170] Latency Tolerance Reporting
Capabilities: [178] L1 PM Substates
Kernel driver in use: r8169
03:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8821AE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
Subsystem: AzureWave Device 2161
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
I/O ports at d000 [size=256]
Memory at f7800000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number 00-e0-4c-ff-<removed>
Capabilities: [150] Latency Tolerance Reporting
Capabilities: [158] L1 PM Substates
Regards,
BemNum
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Title:
[3.13.0-30.55] rtl8821ae Kernel PANIC due to calling incorrect
function
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
I had a support incident with a user of an Asus X551MA containing a
Realtek RTL8821AE WiFi card. After the kernel update from 3.13.0-24 to
3.13.0-30 there was a kernel Panic as soon as the wifi card began
scanning (photograph attached).
I investigated the bug in detail and diagnosed the cause to commit
22bf70f which modifies a function prototype called by the RTL8821ae
driver but does not update the driver to call the alternative
function.
Corrective patch attached.
RIP [<ffffffffa042ffe5>] rtl8821ae_rx_query_desc+0x1d5/0xa50
[rtl8821ae]
No changes were introduced in the rtl8821ae module between 3.13.0-24
and 3.13.0-30. The only changes were in mac80211, which rtl8821ae
depends on (along with cfg80211):
# check rtl8821ae
$ gitlog Ubuntu-3.13.0-24.47..Ubuntu-3.13.0-30.55 -- drivers/staging/rtl8821ae
# check mac80211
$ gitlog Ubuntu-3.13.0-24.47..Ubuntu-3.13.0-30.55 -- net/mac80211
7049ad3 Mon May 19 18:45:30 2014 +0100 Michael Braun mac80211: fix WPA with VLAN on AP side with ps-sta again
5d31275 Mon May 19 18:45:30 2014 +0100 Johannes Berg mac80211: fix suspend vs. authentication race
56f2ea4 Mon May 19 18:45:29 2014 +0100 Johannes Berg mac80211: fix potential use-after-free
22bf70f Tue Apr 15 15:27:46 2014 +0100 Johannes Berg mac80211: add length check in ieee80211_is_robust_mgmt_frame()
# check cfg80211
$ gitlog Ubuntu-3.13.0-24.47..Ubuntu-3.13.0-30.55 -- net/wireless/
$
The faulting location is in function rx_query_desc() at offset 0x1d5.
$ objdump -d
/lib/modules/3.13.0-30-generic/kernel/drivers/staging/rtl8821ae/rtl8821ae.ko
0000000000033e40 <rtl8821ae_rx_query_desc>:
Faulting instruction is at 0x33e40 + 0x1d5 = 0x34015
Now I examine the debug-symbols of the module with:
$ gdb -d drivers/staging/rtl8821ae -d
drivers/staging/rtl8821ae/rtl8821ae
/usr/lib/debug/modules/3.13.0-30-generic/kernel/drivers/staging/rtl8821ae/rtl8821ae.dbgsym.ko
(gdb) info line rtl8821ae_rx_query_desc
Line 539 of "/build/buildd/linux-3.13.0/drivers/staging/rtl8821ae/rtl8821ae/trx.c" starts at address 0x33e40 <rtl8821ae_rx_query_desc>
and ends at 0x33e65 <rtl8821ae_rx_query_desc+37>.
(gdb) x/i 0x34015
0x34015 <rtl8821ae_rx_query_desc+469>: movzwl (%rdi),%esi
(gdb) disas rtl8821ae_rx_query_desc
...
0x0000000000033ffe <+446>: je 0x34641 <rtl8821ae_rx_query_desc+2049>
0x0000000000034004 <+452>: cmpl $0x18,0x68(%rdx)
0x0000000000034008 <+456>: jbe 0x34268 <rtl8821ae_rx_query_desc+1064>
0x000000000003400e <+462>: mov 0xd8(%rdx),%rdi /* hdr->frame_control */
0x0000000000034015 <+469>: movzwl (%rdi),%esi /* FAULT %rdi invalid */
0x0000000000034018 <+472>: mov %esi,%ecx
0x000000000003401a <+474>: and $0xfc,%cx
0x000000000003401f <+479>: cmp $0xa0,%cx
0x0000000000034024 <+484>: je 0x34068 <rtl8821ae_rx_query_desc+552>
...
(gdb) info line *0x34015
Line 2194 of "/build/buildd/linux-3.13.0/include/linux/ieee80211.h" starts at address 0x34015 <rtl8821ae_rx_query_desc+469>
and ends at 0x34018 <rtl8821ae_rx_query_desc+472>.
---- include/linux/ieee80211.h -----
/**
* _ieee80211_is_robust_mgmt_frame - check if frame is a robust management frame
* @hdr: the frame (buffer must include at least the first octet of payload)
*/
static inline bool _ieee80211_is_robust_mgmt_frame(struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr)
{
if (ieee80211_is_disassoc(hdr->frame_control) || /* LINE 2194 */
ieee80211_is_deauth(hdr->frame_control))
return true;
/**
* ieee80211_is_disassoc - check if IEEE80211_FTYPE_MGMT && IEEE80211_STYPE_DISASSOC
* @fc: frame control bytes in little-endian byteorder
*/
static inline int ieee80211_is_disassoc(__le16 fc)
{
return (fc & cpu_to_le16(IEEE80211_FCTL_FTYPE | IEEE80211_FCTL_STYPE)) ==
cpu_to_le16(IEEE80211_FTYPE_MGMT | IEEE80211_STYPE_DISASSOC);
}
----- drivers/staging/rtl8821ae/rtl8821ae/trx.c::rtl8821ae_rx_query_desc() -----
...
if ((ieee80211_is_robust_mgmt_frame(hdr)) && /* FAULT LOCATION */
(ieee80211_has_protected(hdr->frame_control)))
rx_status->flag &= ~RX_FLAG_DECRYPTED;
else
rx_status->flag |= RX_FLAG_DECRYPTED;
}
...
----- 8-< -----
On investigation it appears that gdb may have an incorrect debug reference for the location of ieee80211_is_robust_mgmt_frame() since the
location it references is for the underscore-prefix function _ieee80211_is_robust_mgmt_frame(). This may be due to both functions being inline.
The changes introduced in commit:
22bf70f Tue Apr 15 15:27:46 2014 +0100 Johannes Berg mac80211: add
length check in ieee80211_is_robust_mgmt_frame()
include renaming the existing
ieee80211_is_robust_mgmt_frame(struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr)
to
_ieee80211_is_robust_mgmt_frame(struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr)
and replacing the original function with one taking an skb, not
ieee80211_hdr:
+ * ieee80211_is_robust_mgmt_frame - check if skb contains a robust mgmt frame
+ * @skb: the skb containing the frame, length will be checked
+ */
+static inline bool ieee80211_is_robust_mgmt_frame(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+ if (skb->len < 25)
+ return false;
+ return _ieee80211_is_robust_mgmt_frame((void *)skb->data);
+}
+
+/**
Not being able to debug a live kernel with this hardware I'm unable to pursue much further, but commit 22bf70f suggests that the wrong function is now being called by rtl8821ae because it isn't
patched to call the underscore version of the function as all other rtl* drivers were. If this is the case, the receiving function is expecting a skb.
The required change therefore probably should be:
$ git diff drivers/staging/rtl8821ae/rtl8821ae/trx.c
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8821ae/rtl8821ae/trx.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8821ae/rtl8821ae/trx.c
index 75ae438..963b55f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8821ae/rtl8821ae/trx.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8821ae/rtl8821ae/trx.c
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ bool rtl8821ae_rx_query_desc(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
return false;
}
- if ((ieee80211_is_robust_mgmt_frame(hdr)) &&
+ if ((_ieee80211_is_robust_mgmt_frame(hdr)) &&
(ieee80211_has_protected(hdr->frame_control)))
rx_status->flag &= ~RX_FLAG_DECRYPTED;
else
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