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Diffstat (limited to 'net')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/wireless/wext-compat.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/wireless/wext-compat.c b/net/wireless/wext-compat.c index 7b97d43b27e1..2b096c02eb85 100644 --- a/net/wireless/wext-compat.c +++ b/net/wireless/wext-compat.c @@ -406,6 +406,10 @@ static int __cfg80211_set_encryption(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev, if (pairwise && !addr) return -EINVAL; + /* + * In many cases we won't actually need this, but it's better + * to do it first in case the allocation fails. Don't use wext. + */ if (!wdev->wext.keys) { wdev->wext.keys = kzalloc(sizeof(*wdev->wext.keys), GFP_KERNEL); @@ -493,7 +497,13 @@ static int __cfg80211_set_encryption(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev, if (err) return err; - if (!addr) { + /* + * We only need to store WEP keys, since they're the only keys that + * can be be set before a connection is established and persist after + * disconnecting. + */ + if (!addr && (params->cipher == WLAN_CIPHER_SUITE_WEP40 || + params->cipher == WLAN_CIPHER_SUITE_WEP104)) { wdev->wext.keys->params[idx] = *params; memcpy(wdev->wext.keys->data[idx], params->key, params->key_len); |