This patch fixes an curious issue due to insufficient rx frame filtering. Saqeb Akhter reported frequent disconnects while streaming videos over samba: <http://marc.info/?m=128600031109136> > [ 1166.512087] wlan1: deauthenticated from 30:46:9a:10:49:f7 (Reason: 7) > [ 1526.059997] wlan1: deauthenticated from 30:46:9a:10:49:f7 (Reason: 7) > [ 2125.324356] wlan1: deauthenticated from 30:46:9a:10:49:f7 (Reason: 7) > [...] The reason is that the device generates frames with slightly bogus SA/TA addresses. e.g.: [ 2314.402316] Ignore 9f:1f:31:f8:64:ff [ 2314.402321] Ignore 9f:1f:31:f8:64:ff [ 2352.453804] Ignore 0d:1f:31:f8:64:ff [ 2352.453808] Ignore 0d:1f:31:f8:64:ff ^^ the group-address flag is set! (the correct SA/TA would be: 00:1f:31:f8:64:ff) Since the AP does not know from where the frames come, it generates a DEAUTH response for the (invalid) mcast address. This mcast deauth frame then passes through all filters and tricks the stack into thinking that the AP brutally kicked us! This patch fixes the problem by simply ignoring non-broadcast, group-addressed deauth/disassoc frames. Cc: Jouni Malinen <j@xxxxx> Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Saqeb Akhter <saqeb.akhter@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- v1 -> v2: * johannes pointed out that nl80211 might want group-addressed action frames. --- diff --git a/net/mac80211/rx.c b/net/mac80211/rx.c index d2fcd22..73973d6 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/rx.c +++ b/net/mac80211/rx.c @@ -2245,6 +2245,10 @@ ieee80211_rx_h_mgmt(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx) break; case cpu_to_le16(IEEE80211_STYPE_DEAUTH): case cpu_to_le16(IEEE80211_STYPE_DISASSOC): + if (is_multicast_ether_addr(mgmt->da) && + !is_broadcast_ether_addr(mgmt->da)) + return RX_DROP_MONITOR; + /* process only for station */ if (sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION) return RX_DROP_MONITOR; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
