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Re: [PATCH] mac80211: handle auth failure returned with unmatching auth algo

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Eyal Shapira <eyal@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Some Netgear APs like WNAP210 have a quirk behavior when
> configured for WEP Shared. They send an auth response with algo
> SHARED and status code NOT_SUPPORTED_AUTH_ALG (13) when being
> sent a request made with auth algo OPEN. Enable such response to
> propagate to userspace instead of discarding it so wpa_s can
> reattempt to auth with SHARED.
>
> Reported-by: Noam Shaked <noams@xxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Eyal Shapira <eyal@xxxxxxxxxx>

[...]

> -	if (auth_alg != ifmgd->auth_data->algorithm ||
> +	if ((auth_alg != ifmgd->auth_data->algorithm &&
> +	     status_code != WLAN_STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED_AUTH_ALG) ||

I think a small comment in the code would be nice, like
"WLAN_STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED_AUTH_ALG is a workaround for Netgear
WNAPxxx".

-- 
Kalle Valo
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