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Re: [PATCH 3.11] mac80211: ignore (E)CSA in probe response frames

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On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 03:52:04PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Seth reports that some APs, notably the Netgear WNDAP360, send
> invalid ECSA IEs in probe response frames with the operating
> class and channel number both set to zero, even when no channel
> switch is being done. As a result, any scan while connected to
> such an AP results in the connection being dropped.
> 
> Fix this by ignoring any channel switch announcment in probe
> response frames entirely, since we're connected to the AP we
> will be receiving a beacon (and maybe even an action frame) if
> a channel switch is done, which is sufficient.
> 
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 3.10
> Reported-by: Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>

This fixes the problem. Thanks Johannes!

Tested-by: Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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