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mac80211: do not drop tx nulldata packets on encrypted links 

ieee80211_tx_h_select_key drops any non-mgmt packets without a key when
encryption is used. This is wrong for nulldata packets that can't be
encrypted and are sent out for probing clients and indicating 4-address
mode.

Reported-by: Sebastian Gottschall <s.gottschall@dd-wrt.com>
Fixes: a0761a3017 ("mac80211: drop data frames without key on encrypted links")
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201218191525.1168-1-nbd@nbd.name
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
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Felix Fietkau 2020-12-18 20:15:25 +01:00 committed by Johannes Berg
parent b101dd2d22
commit 2463ec86cd
1 changed files with 1 additions and 1 deletions
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@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ ieee80211_tx_h_select_key(struct ieee80211_tx_data *tx)
if (!skip_hw && tx->key &&
tx->key->flags & KEY_FLAG_UPLOADED_TO_HARDWARE)
info->control.hw_key = &tx->key->conf;
} else if (!ieee80211_is_mgmt(hdr->frame_control) && tx->sta &&
} else if (ieee80211_is_data_present(hdr->frame_control) && tx->sta &&
test_sta_flag(tx->sta, WLAN_STA_USES_ENCRYPTION)) {
return TX_DROP;
}