On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 12:29 AM, Jouni Malinen <jouni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Public Action frames use special rules for how the BSSID field (Address
> 3) is set. A wildcard BSSID is used in cases where the transmitter and
> recipient are not members of the same BSS. As such, we need to accept
> Public Action frames with wildcard BSSID.
>
> Commit db8e17324553 ("mac80211: ignore frames between TDLS peers when
> operating as AP") added a rule that drops Action frames to TDLS-peers
> based on an Action frame having different DA (Address 1) and BSSID
> (Address 3) values. This is not correct since it misses the possibility
> of BSSID being a wildcard BSSID in which case the Address 1 would not
> necessarily match.
>
> Fix this by allowing mac80211 to accept wildcard BSSID in an Action
> frame when in AP mode.
>
> Fixes: db8e17324553 ("mac80211: ignore frames between TDLS peers when operating as AP")
Fix looks good (I'm the author of the bug) :)
Arik
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