Add support to use a random local address for authentication and
deauthentication frames if the driver supports.
The driver needs to configure receive behavior to accept frames with
random transmit address specified in TX path authentication frames
during the time of the frame exchange is pending and such frames need to
be acknowledged similarly to frames sent to the local permanent address
when this random address functionality is used.
This is required for below cases:
- Enabling use of randomized transmit address for PASN authentication
frames improve privacy of WLAN clients.
- If NL80211_CMD_EXTERNAL_AUTH triggered for MLO connection userspace
needs to use link address as transmit address when sending SAE
authentication frames. Drivers may use transmit address different from
interface address but since NL80211_CMD_EXTERNAL_AUTH may get
triggered before association kernel won't have the device's link
addresses by that time. Drivers can use this feature to allow external
authentication frames with link address before association.
Signed-off-by: Veerendranath Jakkam <quic_vjakkam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 4 +++
net/wireless/mlme.c | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index c32e7616a366..cd940baae181 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -6291,6 +6291,9 @@ enum nl80211_feature_flags {
* might apply, e.g. no scans in progress, no offchannel operations
* in progress, and no active connections.
*
+ * @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_AUTH_AND_DEAUTH_RANDOM_TA: Device supports randomized TA
+ * for authentication and deauthentication frames in @NL80211_CMD_FRAME.
+ *
* @NUM_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES: number of extended features.
* @MAX_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES: highest extended feature index.
*/
@@ -6359,6 +6362,7 @@ enum nl80211_ext_feature_index {
NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_FILS_CRYPTO_OFFLOAD,
NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_RADAR_BACKGROUND,
NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_POWERED_ADDR_CHANGE,
+ NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_AUTH_AND_DEAUTH_RANDOM_TA,
/* add new features before the definition below */
NUM_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES,
diff --git a/net/wireless/mlme.c b/net/wireless/mlme.c
index 581df7f4c524..43d1b815aaba 100644
--- a/net/wireless/mlme.c
+++ b/net/wireless/mlme.c
@@ -669,6 +669,39 @@ static bool cfg80211_allowed_address(struct wireless_dev *wdev, const u8 *addr)
return ether_addr_equal(addr, wdev_address(wdev));
}
+static bool cfg80211_allowed_random_address(struct wireless_dev *wdev,
+ const struct ieee80211_mgmt *mgmt)
+{
+ if (ieee80211_is_auth(mgmt->frame_control) ||
+ ieee80211_is_deauth(mgmt->frame_control)) {
+ /* Allow random TA to be used with authentication and
+ * deauthentication frames if the driver has indicated support.
+ */
+ if (wiphy_ext_feature_isset(
+ wdev->wiphy,
+ NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_AUTH_AND_DEAUTH_RANDOM_TA))
+ return true;
+ } else if (ieee80211_is_action(mgmt->frame_control) &&
+ mgmt->u.action.category == WLAN_CATEGORY_PUBLIC) {
+ /* Allow random TA to be used with Public Action frames if the
+ * driver has indicated support.
+ */
+ if (!wdev->connected &&
+ wiphy_ext_feature_isset(
+ wdev->wiphy,
+ NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_MGMT_TX_RANDOM_TA))
+ return true;
+
+ if (wdev->connected &&
+ wiphy_ext_feature_isset(
+ wdev->wiphy,
+ NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_MGMT_TX_RANDOM_TA_CONNECTED))
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ return false;
+}
+
int cfg80211_mlme_mgmt_tx(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
struct wireless_dev *wdev,
struct cfg80211_mgmt_tx_params *params, u64 *cookie)
@@ -767,25 +800,9 @@ int cfg80211_mlme_mgmt_tx(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
return err;
}
- if (!cfg80211_allowed_address(wdev, mgmt->sa)) {
- /* Allow random TA to be used with Public Action frames if the
- * driver has indicated support for this. Otherwise, only allow
- * the local address to be used.
- */
- if (!ieee80211_is_action(mgmt->frame_control) ||
- mgmt->u.action.category != WLAN_CATEGORY_PUBLIC)
- return -EINVAL;
- if (!wdev->connected &&
- !wiphy_ext_feature_isset(
- &rdev->wiphy,
- NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_MGMT_TX_RANDOM_TA))
- return -EINVAL;
- if (wdev->connected &&
- !wiphy_ext_feature_isset(
- &rdev->wiphy,
- NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_MGMT_TX_RANDOM_TA_CONNECTED))
- return -EINVAL;
- }
+ if (!cfg80211_allowed_address(wdev, mgmt->sa) &&
+ !cfg80211_allowed_random_address(wdev, mgmt))
+ return -EINVAL;
/* Transmit the management frame as requested by user space */
return rdev_mgmt_tx(rdev, wdev, params, cookie);
--
2.25.1
