In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: don't wait for tx queues if firmware is dead There is a WARNING in iwl_trans_wait_tx_queues_empty() (that was recently converted from just a message), that can be hit if we wait for TX queues to become empty after firmware died. Clearly, we can't expect anything from the firmware after it's declared dead. Don't call iwl_trans_wait_tx_queues_empty() in this case. While it could be a good idea to stop the flow earlier, the flush functions do some maintenance work that is not related to the firmware, so keep that part of the code running even when the firmware is not running. [edit commit message]
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de46b1d24f5f752b3bd8b46673c2ea4239661244
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad2fcc2daa203a6ad491f00e9ae3b7867e8fe0f3
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7188b7a72320367554b76d8f298417b070b05dd3
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d0a900ec470d392476c428875dbf053f8a0ae5e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a84454f5204718ca5b4ad2c1f0bf2031e2403d1
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b0cd832c9607f41f84053b818e0b7908510a3b9
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1afed66cb271b3e65fe9df1c9fba2bf4b1f55669
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16c1e5d5228f26f120e12e6ca55c59c3a5e6dece