It does not make sense to keep a station alive if it is not authorised
at all. If IBSS/RSN is used it could also be the case that something
went wrong during the keys exchange and the stations ended up in a not
recoverable state.
By not updating last_rx we are giving the station a chance to be
deleted and to start the key exchange once again from scratch.
Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/mac80211/rx.c | 10 +++++++---
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/rx.c b/net/mac80211/rx.c
index ec15a49..7dee98b 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rx.c
@@ -1338,13 +1338,17 @@ ieee80211_rx_h_sta_process(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx)
/*
* Update last_rx only for IBSS packets which are for the current
- * BSSID to avoid keeping the current IBSS network alive in cases
- * where other STAs start using different BSSID.
+ * BSSID and for station already AUTHORIZED to avoid keeping the
+ * current IBSS network alive in cases where other STAs start
+ * using different BSSID. This will also give the station another
+ * chance to restart the authentication/authorization in case
+ * something went wrong the first time.
*/
if (rx->sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC) {
u8 *bssid = ieee80211_get_bssid(hdr, rx->skb->len,
NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC);
- if (ether_addr_equal(bssid, rx->sdata->u.ibss.bssid)) {
+ if (ether_addr_equal(bssid, rx->sdata->u.ibss.bssid) &&
+ test_sta_flag(sta, WLAN_STA_AUTHORIZED)) {
sta->last_rx = jiffies;
if (ieee80211_is_data(hdr->frame_control)) {
sta->last_rx_rate_idx = status->rate_idx;
--
1.8.0
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