4.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Bob Copeland me@bobcopeland.com
[ Upstream commit 188f60ab8e787fcbb5ac9d64ede23a0070231f09 ]
Commit 9757235f451c, "nl80211: correct checks for NL80211_MESHCONF_HT_OPMODE value") relaxed the range for the HT operation field in meshconf, while also adding checks requiring the non-greenfield and non-ht-sta bits to be set in certain circumstances. The latter bit is actually reserved for mesh BSSes according to Table 9-168 in 802.11-2016, so in fact it should not be set.
wpa_supplicant sets these bits because the mesh and AP code share the same implementation, but authsae does not. As a result, some meshconf updates from authsae which set only the NONHT_MIXED protection bits were being rejected.
In order to avoid breaking userspace by changing the rules again, simply accept the values with or without the bits set, and mask off the reserved bit to match the spec.
While in here, update the 802.11-2012 reference to 802.11-2016.
Fixes: 9757235f451c ("nl80211: correct checks for NL80211_MESHCONF_HT_OPMODE value") Cc: Masashi Honma masashi.honma@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Bob Copeland bobcopeland@fb.com Reviewed-by: Masashi Honma masashi.honma@gmail.com Reviewed-by: Masashi Honma masashi.honma@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg johannes.berg@intel.com Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin alexander.levin@microsoft.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org --- net/wireless/nl80211.c | 19 +++---------------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c +++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c @@ -5847,7 +5847,7 @@ do { \ nl80211_check_s32); /* * Check HT operation mode based on - * IEEE 802.11 2012 8.4.2.59 HT Operation element. + * IEEE 802.11-2016 9.4.2.57 HT Operation element. */ if (tb[NL80211_MESHCONF_HT_OPMODE]) { ht_opmode = nla_get_u16(tb[NL80211_MESHCONF_HT_OPMODE]); @@ -5857,22 +5857,9 @@ do { \ IEEE80211_HT_OP_MODE_NON_HT_STA_PRSNT)) return -EINVAL;
- if ((ht_opmode & IEEE80211_HT_OP_MODE_NON_GF_STA_PRSNT) && - (ht_opmode & IEEE80211_HT_OP_MODE_NON_HT_STA_PRSNT)) - return -EINVAL; + /* NON_HT_STA bit is reserved, but some programs set it */ + ht_opmode &= ~IEEE80211_HT_OP_MODE_NON_HT_STA_PRSNT;
- switch (ht_opmode & IEEE80211_HT_OP_MODE_PROTECTION) { - case IEEE80211_HT_OP_MODE_PROTECTION_NONE: - case IEEE80211_HT_OP_MODE_PROTECTION_20MHZ: - if (ht_opmode & IEEE80211_HT_OP_MODE_NON_HT_STA_PRSNT) - return -EINVAL; - break; - case IEEE80211_HT_OP_MODE_PROTECTION_NONMEMBER: - case IEEE80211_HT_OP_MODE_PROTECTION_NONHT_MIXED: - if (!(ht_opmode & IEEE80211_HT_OP_MODE_NON_HT_STA_PRSNT)) - return -EINVAL; - break; - } cfg->ht_opmode = ht_opmode; mask |= (1 << (NL80211_MESHCONF_HT_OPMODE - 1)); }