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authorVamsi Krishna <vamsin@qti.qualcomm.com>2016-12-02 23:59:08 +0200
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>2016-12-09 12:47:19 +0100
commit2fa436b3a2a7009c11a3bc03fe0ff4c26e80fd87 (patch)
tree952e77eef1b4e811b0b3df7a681465857570df2c /net
parenteeb04a9688f4f939f2a0eaec5a2d53e05e75e691 (diff)
downloadlinux-2fa436b3a2a7009c11a3bc03fe0ff4c26e80fd87.tar.bz2
nl80211: Use different attrs for BSSID and random MAC addr in scan req
NL80211_ATTR_MAC was used to set both the specific BSSID to be scanned and the random MAC address to be used when privacy is enabled. When both the features are enabled, both the BSSID and the local MAC address were getting same value causing Probe Request frames to go with unintended DA. Hence, this has been fixed by using a different NL80211_ATTR_BSSID attribute to set the specific BSSID (which was the more recent addition in cfg80211) for a scan. Backwards compatibility with old userspace software is maintained to some extent by allowing NL80211_ATTR_MAC to be used to set the specific BSSID when scanning without enabling random MAC address use. Scanning with random source MAC address was introduced by commit ad2b26abc157 ("cfg80211: allow drivers to support random MAC addresses for scan") and the issue was introduced with the addition of the second user for the same attribute in commit 818965d39177 ("cfg80211: Allow a scan request for a specific BSSID"). Fixes: 818965d39177 ("cfg80211: Allow a scan request for a specific BSSID") Signed-off-by: Vamsi Krishna <vamsin@qti.qualcomm.com> Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni@qca.qualcomm.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net')
-rw-r--r--net/wireless/nl80211.c16
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 765bd41b1623..3df85a751a85 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -404,6 +404,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy nl80211_policy[NUM_NL80211_ATTR] = {
.len = FILS_MAX_KEK_LEN },
[NL80211_ATTR_FILS_NONCES] = { .len = 2 * FILS_NONCE_LEN },
[NL80211_ATTR_MULTICAST_TO_UNICAST_ENABLED] = { .type = NLA_FLAG, },
+ [NL80211_ATTR_BSSID] = { .len = ETH_ALEN },
};
/* policy for the key attributes */
@@ -6703,7 +6704,20 @@ static int nl80211_trigger_scan(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
request->no_cck =
nla_get_flag(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_TX_NO_CCK_RATE]);
- if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_MAC])
+ /* Initial implementation used NL80211_ATTR_MAC to set the specific
+ * BSSID to scan for. This was problematic because that same attribute
+ * was already used for another purpose (local random MAC address). The
+ * NL80211_ATTR_BSSID attribute was added to fix this. For backwards
+ * compatibility with older userspace components, also use the
+ * NL80211_ATTR_MAC value here if it can be determined to be used for
+ * the specific BSSID use case instead of the random MAC address
+ * (NL80211_ATTR_SCAN_FLAGS is used to enable random MAC address use).
+ */
+ if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_BSSID])
+ memcpy(request->bssid,
+ nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_BSSID]), ETH_ALEN);
+ else if (!(request->flags & NL80211_SCAN_FLAG_RANDOM_ADDR) &&
+ info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_MAC])
memcpy(request->bssid, nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_MAC]),
ETH_ALEN);
else