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Re: [PATCH] mac80211: skip mpath lookup also for control port tx

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On 6/11/20 6:44 PM, Markus Theil wrote:
> When using 802.1X over mesh networks, at first an ordinary
> mesh peering is established, then the 802.1X EAPOL dialog
> happens, afterwards an authenticated mesh peering exchange
> (AMPE) happens, finally the peering is complete and we can
> set the STA authorized flag.
>
> As 802.1X is an intermediate step here and key material is
> not yet exchanged for stations we have to skip mesh path lookup
> for these EAPOL frames. Otherwise the already configure mesh
> group encryption key would be used to send a mesh path request
> which no one can decipher, because we didn't already establish
> key material on both peers, like with SAE and directly using AMPE.
I found issues with the non nl80211 tx path. Please drop this version.



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