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13 changes: 13 additions & 0 deletions src/mesh/ReliableRouter.cpp
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Expand Up @@ -70,7 +70,20 @@ void ReliableRouter::perhapsGenerateImplicitAckForOwnOverheard(const meshtastic_
// from the intended recipient.
auto key = GlobalPacketId(getFrom(p), p->id);
auto old = findPendingPacket(key);
#ifdef USE_SERIAL_PACKET_IO
// This is a niche case for serial packet IO, where we want to generate an implicit ack
// when LoRa tx is disabled. This occurs if you are testing the serial connection between
// two nodes, and have LoRa TX disabled on both, and are forcing all traffic over the wire.
// The rebroadcast packet when Radio A sends, is sent back by Radio B over the wire,
// and so we need to generate an implicit ack even though an entry does not exist in Pending
// because LoRa TX is disabled. Other than in testing, this case will not happen.
// It would be better if we could actually detect that this is first time we have heard the
// rebroadcast by some means other than checking Pending, like by checking wasSeenRecently,
// but the packet has already been recorded as wasSeenRecently.
if (old || !config.lora.tx_enabled) {
#else
if (old) {
#endif
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Use a valid channel when no pending packet exists.

When config.lora.tx_enabled is false, old can be null, but line 90 dereferences old->packet->channel. Use p->channel or guard the null case before calling sendAckNak; otherwise wired-only traffic can crash the router.

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In `@src/mesh/ReliableRouter.cpp` around lines 83 - 86, Update the sendAckNak path
in ReliableRouter so it never dereferences a null old packet when
config.lora.tx_enabled is false; use p->channel as the fallback channel or guard
the null case before accessing old->packet->channel, while preserving the
existing behavior for pending packets.

LOG_DEBUG("Generate implicit ack");
// NOTE: we do NOT check p->wantAck here because p is the INCOMING rebroadcast and that packet is not expected to be
// marked as wantAck
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#include "platform/portduino/PortduinoGlue.h"
#include "serialization/MeshPacketSerializer.h"
#endif
#ifdef USE_SERIAL_PACKET_IO
#include "modules/SerialModule.h"
#endif

#define MAX_RX_FROMRADIO \
4 // max number of packets destined to our queue, we dispatch packets quickly so it doesn't need to be big
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#endif
packetPool.release(p_decoded);
}

#ifdef USE_SERIAL_PACKET_IO
if (moduleConfig.serial.enabled) {
serialModuleRadio->onSend(p);
}
#endif
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Check serialModuleRadio before the call.

serialModuleRadio is allocated only inside the firstTime branch of SerialModule::runOnce in src/modules/SerialModule.cpp Line 234. Router::send can run before the Serial thread executes for the first time, for example for an early boot broadcast or a rebroadcast of a received packet. When the stored configuration already has serial.enabled set, this guard passes and the code dereferences a null pointer.

The adjacent UDP block on Line 607 uses the same shape and does check udpHandler first.

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 `#ifdef` USE_SERIAL_PACKET_IO
-    if (moduleConfig.serial.enabled) {
+    if (serialModuleRadio && moduleConfig.serial.enabled) {
         serialModuleRadio->onSend(p);
     }
 `#endif`
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#ifdef USE_SERIAL_PACKET_IO
if (moduleConfig.serial.enabled) {
serialModuleRadio->onSend(p);
}
#endif
#ifdef USE_SERIAL_PACKET_IO
if (serialModuleRadio && moduleConfig.serial.enabled) {
serialModuleRadio->onSend(p);
}
#endif
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In `@src/mesh/Router.cpp` around lines 601 - 605, Update Router::send so the
serialModuleRadio->onSend(p) call is guarded by both serial configuration
being enabled and serialModuleRadio being non-null, matching the existing
udpHandler safety check while preserving the current USE_SERIAL_PACKET_IO
conditional.

#if HAS_UDP_MULTICAST
if (udpHandler && config.network.enabled_protocols & meshtastic_Config_NetworkConfig_ProtocolFlags_UDP_BROADCAST) {
udpHandler->onSend(const_cast<meshtastic_MeshPacket *>(p));
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