The user can pass broadcast SSID (ssid="") in the list of SSIDs for active scan. In this case the loop was attempting to match SSIDs in the filter list to this empty entry and marking them as HIDDEN (sending probe request) by mistake Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/scan.c | 3 +++ 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/scan.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/scan.c index 330d678..8599dab 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/scan.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/scan.c @@ -572,6 +572,9 @@ wl12xx_scan_sched_scan_ssid_list(struct wl1271 *wl, * so they're used in probe requests. */ for (i = 0; i < req->n_ssids; i++) { + if (!req->ssids[i].ssid_len) + continue; + for (j = 0; j < cmd->n_ssids; j++) if (!memcmp(req->ssids[i].ssid, cmd->ssids[j].ssid, -- 1.7.4.1 -- 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