From: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@xxxxxxxxx>
The user space can now allow the kernel to associate to an AP that
requires MFP or that doesn't have MFP enabled in the same
NL80211_CMD_CONNECT command, by using a new NL80211_MFP_OPTIONAL flag.
The driver / firmware will decide whether to use it or not.
Include a feature bit to advertise support for NL80211_MFP_OPTIONAL.
This allows new user space to run on old kernels and know that it
cannot use the new attribute if it isn't supported.
Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: * add a feature flag
* fix the comment of NL80211_MFP_OPTIONAL as pointed out by Igor
v3: check the feature flag
v4: return -EOPNOTSUPP if OPTIONAL is set but not supported by the
driver (internal review)
include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 13 +++++++++++--
net/wireless/nl80211.c | 8 +++++++-
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index 76404d8a8863..59ba6ca66a0d 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -1407,8 +1407,12 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
*
* @NL80211_ATTR_USE_MFP: Whether management frame protection (IEEE 802.11w) is
* used for the association (&enum nl80211_mfp, represented as a u32);
- * this attribute can be used
- * with %NL80211_CMD_ASSOCIATE and %NL80211_CMD_CONNECT requests
+ * this attribute can be used with %NL80211_CMD_ASSOCIATE and
+ * %NL80211_CMD_CONNECT requests. %NL80211_MFP_OPTIONAL is not allowed for
+ * %NL80211_CMD_ASSOCIATE since user space SME is expected and hence, it
+ * must have decided whether to use management frame protection or not.
+ * Setting %NL80211_MFP_OPTIONAL with a %NL80211_CMD_CONNECT request will
+ * let the driver (or the firmware) decide whether to use MFP or not.
*
* @NL80211_ATTR_STA_FLAGS2: Attribute containing a
* &struct nl80211_sta_flag_update.
@@ -3947,10 +3951,12 @@ enum nl80211_key_type {
* enum nl80211_mfp - Management frame protection state
* @NL80211_MFP_NO: Management frame protection not used
* @NL80211_MFP_REQUIRED: Management frame protection required
+ * @NL80211_MFP_OPTIONAL: Management frame protection is optional
*/
enum nl80211_mfp {
NL80211_MFP_NO,
NL80211_MFP_REQUIRED,
+ NL80211_MFP_OPTIONAL,
};
enum nl80211_wpa_versions {
@@ -4923,6 +4929,8 @@ enum nl80211_feature_flags {
* the first probe request in each channel at rate of at least 5.5Mbps.
* @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_OCE_PROBE_REQ_DEFERRAL_SUPPRESSION: Driver supports
* probe request tx deferral and suppression
+ * @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_MFP_OPTIONAL: Driver supports the %NL80211_MFP_OPTIONAL
+ * value in %NL80211_ATTR_USE_MFP.
*
* @NUM_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES: number of extended features.
* @MAX_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES: highest extended feature index.
@@ -4949,6 +4957,7 @@ enum nl80211_ext_feature_index {
NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_ACCEPT_BCAST_PROBE_RESP,
NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_OCE_PROBE_REQ_HIGH_TX_RATE,
NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_OCE_PROBE_REQ_DEFERRAL_SUPPRESSION,
+ NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_MFP_OPTIONAL,
/* add new features before the definition below */
NUM_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES,
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index d57abdfa60da..8ed9ef40bbee 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -8948,8 +8948,14 @@ static int nl80211_connect(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_USE_MFP]) {
connect.mfp = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_USE_MFP]);
+ if (connect.mfp == NL80211_MFP_OPTIONAL &&
+ !wiphy_ext_feature_isset(&rdev->wiphy,
+ NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_MFP_OPTIONAL))
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
if (connect.mfp != NL80211_MFP_REQUIRED &&
- connect.mfp != NL80211_MFP_NO)
+ connect.mfp != NL80211_MFP_NO &&
+ connect.mfp != NL80211_MFP_OPTIONAL)
return -EINVAL;
} else {
connect.mfp = NL80211_MFP_NO;
--
2.14.1
