wifi: mac80211: free AP_VLAN bc_buf SKBs outside IRQ lock

ieee80211_do_stop() removes AP_VLAN packets from the parent AP
ps->bc_buf while holding ps->bc_buf.lock with IRQs disabled. It then
calls ieee80211_free_txskb() before dropping the lock.

ieee80211_free_txskb() is not just a passive SKB release. For SKBs with
TX status state it can report a dropped frame through cfg80211/nl80211,
and that path can reach netlink tap transmit. This is the same reason
the pending queue cleanup in ieee80211_do_stop() already unlinks SKBs
under the queue lock and frees them after IRQ state is restored.

The buggy scenario involves two paths, with each column showing the
order within that path:

AP_VLAN management TX:             AP_VLAN stop:
1. attach ACK-status state         1. clear the running state
2. queue a multicast SKB on        2. take ps->bc_buf.lock with IRQs
   parent ps->bc_buf                  disabled
                                   3. unlink the AP_VLAN SKB
                                   4. call ieee80211_free_txskb()

Unlink matching AP_VLAN SKBs from ps->bc_buf under the existing lock,
but move them to a local free queue. Drop the lock and restore IRQ state
before calling ieee80211_free_txskb().

WARNING: kernel/softirq.c:430 at __local_bh_enable_ip

Fixes: 397a7a24ef8c ("mac80211: free ps->bc_buf skbs on vlan device stop")
Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.5
Signed-off-by: Cen Zhang <zzzccc427@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260706140841.581566-1-zzzccc427@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

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