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diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index fc1d82465b3c..245dce969b31 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ ieee80211_determine_chantype(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
switch (vht_oper->chan_width) {
case IEEE80211_VHT_CHANWIDTH_USE_HT:
vht_chandef.width = chandef->width;
+ vht_chandef.center_freq1 = chandef->center_freq1;
break;
case IEEE80211_VHT_CHANWIDTH_80MHZ:
vht_chandef.width = NL80211_CHAN_WIDTH_80;
@@ -271,6 +272,28 @@ ieee80211_determine_chantype(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
ret = 0;
out:
+ /*
+ * When tracking the current AP, don't do any further checks if the
+ * new chandef is identical to the one we're currently using for the
+ * connection. This keeps us from playing ping-pong with regulatory,
+ * without it the following can happen (for example):
+ * - connect to an AP with 80 MHz, world regdom allows 80 MHz
+ * - AP advertises regdom US
+ * - CRDA loads regdom US with 80 MHz prohibited (old database)
+ * - the code below detects an unsupported channel, downgrades, and
+ * we disconnect from the AP in the caller
+ * - disconnect causes CRDA to reload world regdomain and the game
+ * starts anew.
+ * (see https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70881)
+ *
+ * It seems possible that there are still scenarios with CSA or real
+ * bandwidth changes where a this could happen, but those cases are
+ * less common and wouldn't completely prevent using the AP.
+ */
+ if (tracking &&
+ cfg80211_chandef_identical(chandef, &sdata->vif.bss_conf.chandef))
+ return ret;
+
/* don't print the message below for VHT mismatch if VHT is disabled */
if (ret & IEEE80211_STA_DISABLE_VHT)
vht_chandef = *chandef;
@@ -3753,6 +3776,7 @@ static int ieee80211_prep_connection(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
chanctx_conf = rcu_dereference(sdata->vif.chanctx_conf);
if (WARN_ON(!chanctx_conf)) {
rcu_read_unlock();
+ sta_info_free(local, new_sta);
return -EINVAL;
}
rate_flags = ieee80211_chandef_rate_flags(&chanctx_conf->def);