linux/drivers/net/wireless, branch v3.0.86

ath9k: Disable PowerSave by default

2013-06-20T18:28:20Z

commit 531671cb17af07281e6f28c1425f754346e65c41 upstream. Almost all the DMA issues which have plagued ath9k (in station mode) for years are related to PS. Disabling PS usually "fixes" the user's connection stablility. Reports of DMA problems are still trickling in and are sitting in the kernel bugzilla. Until the PS code in ath9k is given a thorough review, disbale it by default. The slight increase in chip power consumption is a small price to pay for improved link stability. Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan Signed-off-by: John W. Linville Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

b43: stop format string leaking into error msgs

2013-06-20T18:28:20Z

commit e0e29b683d6784ef59bbc914eac85a04b650e63c upstream. The module parameter "fwpostfix" is userspace controllable, unfiltered, and is used to define the firmware filename. b43_do_request_fw() populates ctx->errors[] on error, containing the firmware filename. b43err() parses its arguments as a format string. For systems with b43 hardware, this could lead to a uid-0 to ring-0 escalation. CVE-2013-2852 Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Signed-off-by: John W. Linville Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

mwifiex: fix setting of multicast filter

2013-05-19T17:04:42Z

commit ccd384b10420ac81ba3fb9b0a7d18272c7173552 upstream. A small bug in this code was causing the ALLMULTI filter to be set when in fact we were just wanting to program a selective multicast list to the hardware. Fix that bug and remove a redundant if condition in the code that follows. This fixes wakeup behaviour when multicast WOL is enabled. Previously, all multicast packets would wake up the system. Now, only those that the host intended to receive trigger wakeups. Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake Acked-by: Bing Zhao Signed-off-by: John W. Linville Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

mwifiex: clear is_suspended flag when interrupt is received early

2013-05-19T17:04:41Z

commit 48795424acff7215d5eac0b52793a2c1eb3a6283 upstream. When the XO-4 with 8787 wireless is woken up due to wake-on-WLAN mwifiex is often flooded with "not allowed while suspended" messages and the interface is unusable. [ 202.171609] int: sdio_ireg = 0x1 [ 202.180700] info: mwifiex_process_hs_config: auto cancelling host sleep since there is interrupt from the firmware [ 202.201880] event: wakeup device... [ 202.211452] event: hs_deactivated [ 202.514638] info: --- Rx: Data packet --- [ 202.514753] data: 4294957544 BSS(0-0): Data <= kernel [ 202.514825] PREP_CMD: device in suspended state [ 202.514839] data: dequeuing the packet ec7248c0 ec4869c0 [ 202.514886] mwifiex_write_data_sync: not allowed while suspended [ 202.514886] host_to_card, write iomem (1) failed: -1 [ 202.514917] mwifiex_write_data_sync: not allowed while suspended [ 202.514936] host_to_card, write iomem (2) failed: -1 [ 202.514949] mwifiex_write_data_sync: not allowed while suspended [ 202.514965] host_to_card, write iomem (3) failed: -1 [ 202.514976] mwifiex_write_data_async failed: 0xFFFFFFFF This can be readily reproduced when putting the XO-4 in a loop where it goes to sleep due to inactivity, but then wakes up due to an incoming ping. The error is hit within an hour or two. This issue happens when an interrupt comes in early while host sleep is still activated. Driver handles this case by auto cancelling host sleep. However is_suspended flag is still set which prevents any cmd or data from being sent to firmware. Fix it by clearing is_suspended flag in this path. Reported-by: Daniel Drake Tested-by: Daniel Drake Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao Signed-off-by: John W. Linville Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

ath9k: fix key allocation error handling for powersave keys

2013-05-19T17:04:41Z

commit 4ef69d0394cba8caa9f75d3f2e53429bfb8b3045 upstream. If no keycache slots are available, ath_key_config can return -ENOSPC. If the key index is not checked for errors, it can lead to logspam that looks like this: "ath: wiphy0: keyreset: keycache entry 228 out of range" This can cause follow-up errors if the invalid keycache index gets used for tx. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau Signed-off-by: John W. Linville Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

ath9k_htc: accept 1.x firmware newer than 1.3

2013-04-26T04:23:48Z

commit 319e7bd96aca64a478f3aad40711c928405b8b77 upstream. Since the firmware has been open sourced, the minor version has been bumped to 1.4 and the API/ABI will stay compatible across further 1.x releases. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau Signed-off-by: John W. Linville Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

rt2x00: rt2x00pci_regbusy_read() - only print register access failure once

2013-04-12T16:18:10Z

commit 83589b30f1e1dc9898986293c9336b8ce1705dec upstream. BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1128840 It appears that when this register read fails it never recovers, so I think there is no need to repeat the same error message ad infinitum. Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner Cc: Ivo van Doorn Cc: Gertjan van Wingerde Cc: Helmut Schaa Cc: "John W. Linville" Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Cc: users@rt2x00.serialmonkey.com Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: John W. Linville Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Revert "mwifiex: cancel cmd timer and free curr_cmd in shutdown process

2013-04-12T16:18:10Z

revert commit b9f1f48ce20a1b923429c216669d03b5a900a8cf which is commit 084c7189acb3f969c855536166042e27f5dd703f upstream. It shouldn't have been applied to the 3.0-stable tree. Reported-by: Ben Hutchings Cc: Marco Cesarano Reported-by: Bing Zhao Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

mwifiex: cancel cmd timer and free curr_cmd in shutdown process

2013-04-05T17:16:37Z

commit 084c7189acb3f969c855536166042e27f5dd703f upstream. curr_cmd points to the command that is in processing or waiting for its command response from firmware. If the function shutdown happens to occur at this time we should cancel the cmd timer and put the command back to free queue. Tested-by: Marco Cesarano Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao Signed-off-by: John W. Linville Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

b43: A fix for DMA transmission sequence errors

2013-04-05T17:16:36Z

commit b251412db99ccd4495ce372fec7daee27bf06923 upstream. Intermittently, b43 will report "Out of order TX status report on DMA ring". When this happens, the driver must be reset before communication can resume. The cause of the problem is believed to be an error in the closed-source firmware; however, all versions of the firmware are affected. This change uses the observation that the expected status is always 2 less than the observed value, and supplies a fake status report to skip one header/data pair. Not all devices suffer from this problem, but it can occur several times per second under heavy load. As each occurence kills the unmodified driver, this patch makes if possible for the affected devices to function. The patch logs only the first instance of the reset operation to prevent spamming the logs. Tested-by: Chris Vine Signed-off-by: Larry Finger Signed-off-by: John W. Linville Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman