linux/net/wireless/util.c, branch v3.0.62

wireless: drop invalid mesh address extension frames

2012-11-17T21:14:20Z

commit 7dd111e8ee10cc6816669eabcad3334447673236 upstream. The mesh header can have address extension by a 4th or a 5th and 6th address, but never both. Drop such frames in 802.11 -> 802.3 conversion along with any frames that have the wrong extension. Reviewed-by: Javier Cardona Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

cfg80211: fix interface combinations check for ADHOC(IBSS)

2012-08-15T19:04:30Z

partial of commit 8e8b41f9d8c8e63fc92f899ace8da91a490ac573 upstream. As part of commit 463454b5dbd8 ("cfg80211: fix interface combinations check"), this extra check was introduced: if ((all_iftypes & used_iftypes) != used_iftypes) goto cont; However, most wireless NIC drivers did not advertise ADHOC in wiphy.iface_combinations[i].limits[] and hence we'll get -EBUSY when we bring up a ADHOC wlan with commands similar to: # iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc && ifconfig wlan0 up In commit 8e8b41f9d8c8e ("cfg80211: enforce lack of interface combinations"), the change below fixes the issue: if (total == 1) return 0; But it also introduces other dependencies for stable. For example, a full cherry pick of 8e8b41f9d8c8e would introduce additional regressions unless we also start cherry picking driver specific fixes like the following: 9b4760e ath5k: add possible wiphy interface combinations 1ae2fc2 mac80211_hwsim: advertise interface combinations 20c8e8d ath9k: add possible wiphy interface combinations And the purpose of the 'if (total == 1)' is to cover the specific use case (IBSS, adhoc) that was mentioned above. So we just pick the specific part out from 8e8b41f9d8c8e here. Doing so gives stable kernels a way to fix the change introduced by 463454b5dbd8, without having to make cherry picks specific to various NIC drivers. Signed-off-by: Liang Li Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

cfg80211: process pending events when unregistering net device

2012-08-15T19:04:30Z

commit 1f6fc43e621167492ed4b7f3b4269c584c3d6ccc upstream. libertas currently calls cfg80211_disconnected() when it is being brought down. This causes an event to be allocated, but since the wdev is already removed from the rdev by the time that the event processing work executes, the event is never processed or freed. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general/95666 Fix this leak, and other possible situations, by processing the event queue when a device is being unregistered. Thanks to Johannes Berg for the suggestion. Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: John W. Linville Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

cfg80211: check iface combinations only when iface is running

2012-07-19T15:58:22Z

commit f8cdddb8d61d16a156229f0910f7ecfc7a82c003 upstream. Don't validate interface combinations on a stopped interface. Otherwise we might end up being able to create a new interface with a certain type, but won't be able to change an existing interface into that type. This also skips some other functions when interface is stopped and changing interface type. Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg [Fixes regression introduced by cherry pick of 463454b5dbd8] Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker

cfg80211: fix interface combinations check

2012-06-17T18:23:10Z

commit 463454b5dbd8dbab6e2fc6c557329e5b811b9c32 upstream. If a given interface combination doesn't contain a required interface type then we missed checking that and erroneously allowed it even though iface type wasn't there at all. Add a check that makes sure that all interface types are accounted for. Reported-by: Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: John W. Linville Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

cfg80211: fix interface combinations check.

2012-04-27T16:51:07Z

commit e55a4046dab28c440c96890bdddcf02dc8981f2d upstream. Signed-off-by: Lukasz Kucharczyk Signed-off-by: John W. Linville Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

cfg80211: Use consistent BSS matching between scan and sme

2011-05-19T14:37:18Z

cfg80211 scan code adds separate BSS entries if the same BSS shows up on multiple channels. However, sme implementation does not use the frequency when fetching the BSS entry. Fix this by adding channel information to cfg80211_roamed() and include it in cfg80211_get_bss() calls. Please note that drivers using cfg80211_roamed() need to be modified to fully implement this fix. This commit includes only minimal changes to avoid compilation issues; it maintains the old (broken) behavior for most drivers. ath6kl was the only one that I could test, so I updated it to provide the operating frequency in the roamed event. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

cfg80211: make stripping of 802.11 header optional from AMSDU

2011-05-16T18:10:50Z

Currently the devices that have already stripped IEEE 802.11 header from the AMSDU SKB can not use ieee80211_amsdu_to_8023s routine. This patch enhances ieee80211_amsdu_to_8023s() API by changing mandatory removing of IEEE 802.11 header from AMSDU to optional. Signed-off-by: Yogesh Ashok Powar Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

cfg80211: advertise possible interface combinations

2011-05-16T18:10:40Z

Add the ability to advertise interface combinations in nl80211. This allows the driver to indicate what the combinations are that it supports. "Combinations" of just a single interface are implicit, as previously. Note that cfg80211 will enforce that the restrictions are met, but not for all drivers yet (once all drivers are updated, we can remove the flag and enforce for all). When no combinations are actually supported, an empty list will be exported so that userspace can know if the kernel exported this info or not (although it isn't clear to me what tools using the info should do if the kernel didn't export it). Since some interface types are purely virtual/software and don't fit the restrictions, those are exposed in a new list of pure SW types, not subject to restrictions. This mainly exists to handle AP-VLAN and monitor interfaces in mac80211. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: John W. Linville

cfg80211: restrict AP beacon intervals

2011-05-12T18:10:47Z

Multiple virtual AP interfaces can currently try to use different beacon intervals, but that just leads to problems since it won't actually be done that way by drivers. Return an error in this case to make sure it won't be done wrong. Also, ignore attempts to change the DTIM period or beacon interval during the lifetime of the BSS. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: John W. Linville