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Re: [PATCH 04/11] wil6210: fix PTK re-key race

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Maya Erez <merez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Fix a race between cfg80211 add_key call and transmitting of 4/4 EAP
> packet. In case the transmit is delayed until after the add key takes
> place, message 4/4 will be encrypted with the new key, and the
> receiver side (AP) will drop it due to MIC error.
> 
> Wil6210 will monitor and look for the transmitted packet 4/4 eap key.
> In case add_key takes place before the transmission completed, then
> wil6210 will let the FW store the key and wil6210 will notify the FW
> to use the PTK key only after 4/4 eap packet transmission was
> completed.

This is rather ugly but I guess still ok. Or what do people think?

But for a proper fix you should look at:

[PATCH v2] wpa_supplicant: Send EAPoL-Key frames over NL80211 where available

http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/hostap/2019-September/040516.html

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11136851/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches




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