Patch "wifi: mac80211: Check for missing VHT elements only for 5 GHz" has been added to the 6.10-stable tree

[Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    wifi: mac80211: Check for missing VHT elements only for 5 GHz

to the 6.10-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     wifi-mac80211-check-for-missing-vht-elements-only-fo.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.10 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.



commit 5eb7ce6bd25af09d8b7d7e6a5e96997354ec0825
Author: Ilan Peer <ilan.peer@xxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Tue Aug 27 10:39:20 2024 +0200

    wifi: mac80211: Check for missing VHT elements only for 5 GHz
    
    [ Upstream commit 67bb124cd9ae38870667e4f9c876ef8e0f82ec44 ]
    
    Check for missing VHT Capabilities and VHT Operation elements in
    association response frame only for 5 GHz links.
    
    Fixes: 310c8387c638 ("wifi: mac80211: clean up connection process")
    Signed-off-by: Ilan Peer <ilan.peer@xxxxxxxxx>
    Reviewed-by: Miriam Rachel Korenblit <miriam.rachel.korenblit@xxxxxxxxx>
    Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20240827103920.dd711282d543.Iaba245cebc52209b0499d5bab7d8a8ef1df9dd65@changeid
    Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
    Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index 51b00ff7edf15..1faf4d7c115f0 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -4317,7 +4317,7 @@ static bool ieee80211_assoc_config_link(struct ieee80211_link_data *link,
 	    ((assoc_data->wmm && !elems->wmm_param) ||
 	     (link->u.mgd.conn.mode >= IEEE80211_CONN_MODE_HT &&
 	      (!elems->ht_cap_elem || !elems->ht_operation)) ||
-	     (link->u.mgd.conn.mode >= IEEE80211_CONN_MODE_VHT &&
+	     (is_5ghz && link->u.mgd.conn.mode >= IEEE80211_CONN_MODE_VHT &&
 	      (!elems->vht_cap_elem || !elems->vht_operation)))) {
 		const struct cfg80211_bss_ies *ies;
 		struct ieee802_11_elems *bss_elems;
@@ -4365,19 +4365,22 @@ static bool ieee80211_assoc_config_link(struct ieee80211_link_data *link,
 			sdata_info(sdata,
 				   "AP bug: HT operation missing from AssocResp\n");
 		}
-		if (!elems->vht_cap_elem && bss_elems->vht_cap_elem &&
-		    link->u.mgd.conn.mode >= IEEE80211_CONN_MODE_VHT) {
-			elems->vht_cap_elem = bss_elems->vht_cap_elem;
-			sdata_info(sdata,
-				   "AP bug: VHT capa missing from AssocResp\n");
-		}
-		if (!elems->vht_operation && bss_elems->vht_operation &&
-		    link->u.mgd.conn.mode >= IEEE80211_CONN_MODE_VHT) {
-			elems->vht_operation = bss_elems->vht_operation;
-			sdata_info(sdata,
-				   "AP bug: VHT operation missing from AssocResp\n");
-		}
 
+		if (is_5ghz) {
+			if (!elems->vht_cap_elem && bss_elems->vht_cap_elem &&
+			    link->u.mgd.conn.mode >= IEEE80211_CONN_MODE_VHT) {
+				elems->vht_cap_elem = bss_elems->vht_cap_elem;
+				sdata_info(sdata,
+					   "AP bug: VHT capa missing from AssocResp\n");
+			}
+
+			if (!elems->vht_operation && bss_elems->vht_operation &&
+			    link->u.mgd.conn.mode >= IEEE80211_CONN_MODE_VHT) {
+				elems->vht_operation = bss_elems->vht_operation;
+				sdata_info(sdata,
+					   "AP bug: VHT operation missing from AssocResp\n");
+			}
+		}
 		kfree(bss_elems);
 	}