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Re: [PATCH 5.3] mwifiex: fix 802.11n/WPA detection

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On 7/24/19 12:46 PM, Brian Norris wrote:
Commit 63d7ef36103d ("mwifiex: Don't abort on small, spec-compliant
vendor IEs") adjusted the ieee_types_vendor_header struct, which
inadvertently messed up the offsets used in
mwifiex_is_wpa_oui_present(). Add that offset back in, mirroring
mwifiex_is_rsn_oui_present().

As it stands, commit 63d7ef36103d breaks compatibility with WPA (not
WPA2) 802.11n networks, since we hit the "info: Disable 11n if AES is
not supported by AP" case in mwifiex_is_network_compatible().

Fixes: 63d7ef36103d ("mwifiex: Don't abort on small, spec-compliant vendor IEs")
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
  drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.h | 1 +
  drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c | 3 ++-
  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.h b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.h
index 3e442c7f7882..095837fba300 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.h
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ enum {
#define MWIFIEX_MAX_TOTAL_SCAN_TIME (MWIFIEX_TIMER_10S - MWIFIEX_TIMER_1S) +#define WPA_GTK_OUI_OFFSET 2
  #define RSN_GTK_OUI_OFFSET				2
#define MWIFIEX_OUI_NOT_PRESENT 0
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c
index 0d6d41727037..21dda385f6c6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c
@@ -181,7 +181,8 @@ mwifiex_is_wpa_oui_present(struct mwifiex_bssdescriptor *bss_desc, u32 cipher)
  	u8 ret = MWIFIEX_OUI_NOT_PRESENT;
if (has_vendor_hdr(bss_desc->bcn_wpa_ie, WLAN_EID_VENDOR_SPECIFIC)) {
-		iebody = (struct ie_body *) bss_desc->bcn_wpa_ie->data;
+		iebody = (struct ie_body *)((u8 *)bss_desc->bcn_wpa_ie->data +
+					    WPA_GTK_OUI_OFFSET);
  		oui = &mwifiex_wpa_oui[cipher][0];
  		ret = mwifiex_search_oui_in_ie(iebody, oui);
  		if (ret)





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