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Re: [PATCH] mac80211: check if key has TKIP type before updating IV

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On Tue, 2012-10-02 at 21:34 +0200, Stanislaw Gruszka wrote:
> This patch fix corruption which can manifest itself by following crash
> when switching on rfkill switch with rt2x00 driver:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=615362
> 
> Pointer key->u.ccmp.tfm of group key get corrupted in:
> 
> ieee80211_rx_h_michael_mic_verify():
> 
>         /* update IV in key information to be able to detect replays */
>         rx->key->u.tkip.rx[rx->security_idx].iv32 = rx->tkip_iv32;
>         rx->key->u.tkip.rx[rx->security_idx].iv16 = rx->tkip_iv16;
> 
> because rt2x00 always set RX_FLAG_MMIC_STRIPPED, even if key is not TKIP.
> 
> We already check type of the key in different path in
> ieee80211_rx_h_michael_mic_verify() function, so adding additional
> check here is reasonable.
> 
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 3.0+
> Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@xxxxxxxxxx>

Looks fine, John, could you also pick this up for 3.7?

johannes


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