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Re: [stable][PATCH] ath9k: Avoid corrupt frames being forwarded to mac80211.

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On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 12:20 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 2:06 AM, Vivek Natarajan <vnatarajan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> If bit 29 is set, MAC H/W can attempt to decrypt the received aggregate
>> with WEP or TKIP, eventhough the received frame may be a CRC failed
>> corrupted frame. If this bit is set, H/W obeys key type in keycache.
>> If it is not set and if the key type in keycache is neither open nor
>> AES, H/W forces key type to be open.  But bit 29 should be set to 1
>> for AsyncFIFO feature to encrypt/decrypt the aggregate with WEP or TKIP.
>>
>> Reported-by: Johan Hovold <johan.hovold@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Vivek Natarajan <vnatarajan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Ranga Rao Ravuri <ranga.ravuri@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> Applies on top of 2.6.33 and 2.6.34
>
> You need to Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx on the commit log.

Does 2.6.32 not have this issue?

  Luis
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