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wifi: rtw89: fix wrong pci_get_drvdata type in AER handlers

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw89: fix wrong pci_get_drvdata type in AER handlers rtw89 stores an ieee80211_hw pointer via pci_set_drvdata() at probe time, but io_error_detected() and io_resume() retrieve it as a net_device pointer. This causes netif_device_detach/attach to operate on an ieee80211_hw struct, reading and writing at wrong offsets. The adjacent io_slot_reset() already does it correctly. Use ieee80211_stop_queues/wake_queues instead, consistent with every other queue stop/start path in the driver. Tested on RTL8852CE by calling the handlers from a test module before and after the fix.

Affected products

Linux
  • <aefc30e4a829c1683f6ae999df7f9310c27eae6c
  • <7068c379cf9aa8afe4dce4d9d82390187aa9c4d0
  • <6.17
  • ==6.17
  • <c1907b9a4fa9cb33d11a9af138374dd2e93f7a93
  • =<*
  • =<6.18.*
  • =<7.1.*