From: Felix Fietkau nbd@nbd.name
commit 2463ec86cd0338a2c2edbfb0b9d50c52ff76ff43 upstream.
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: a0761a301746 ("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 Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
--- net/mac80211/tx.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c +++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c @@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ ieee80211_tx_h_select_key(struct ieee802 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; }