300-mac80211-fix-rate-control-for-retransmitted-frames.patch

From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2021 21:39:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: fix rate control for retransmitted frames

Since retransmission clears info->control, rate control needs to be called
again, otherwise the driver might crash due to invalid rates.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 5.14+
Reported-by: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@iki.fi>
Reported-by: Robert W <rwbugreport@lost-in-the-void.net>
Fixes: 03c3911d2d67 ("mac80211: call ieee80211_tx_h_rate_ctrl() when dequeue")
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
---

--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -1821,15 +1821,15 @@ static int invoke_tx_handlers_late(struc
 	struct ieee80211_tx_info *info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(tx->skb);
 	ieee80211_tx_result res = TX_CONTINUE;
 
+	if (!ieee80211_hw_check(&tx->local->hw, HAS_RATE_CONTROL))
+		CALL_TXH(ieee80211_tx_h_rate_ctrl);
+
 	if (unlikely(info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_RETRANSMISSION)) {
 		__skb_queue_tail(&tx->skbs, tx->skb);
 		tx->skb = NULL;
 		goto txh_done;
 	}
 
-	if (!ieee80211_hw_check(&tx->local->hw, HAS_RATE_CONTROL))
-		CALL_TXH(ieee80211_tx_h_rate_ctrl);
-
 	CALL_TXH(ieee80211_tx_h_michael_mic_add);
 	CALL_TXH(ieee80211_tx_h_sequence);
 	CALL_TXH(ieee80211_tx_h_fragment);