This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
mac80211: Add RX flag to indicate ICV stripped
to the 4.9-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:
mac80211-add-rx-flag-to-indicate-icv-stripped.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From cef0acd4d7d4811d2d19cd0195031bf0dfe41249 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Spinadel <david.spinadel@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2016 16:58:40 +0200
Subject: mac80211: Add RX flag to indicate ICV stripped
From: David Spinadel <david.spinadel@xxxxxxxxx>
commit cef0acd4d7d4811d2d19cd0195031bf0dfe41249 upstream.
Add a flag that indicates that the WEP ICV was stripped from an
RX packet, allowing the device to not transfer that if it's
already checked.
Signed-off-by: David Spinadel <david.spinadel@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/net/mac80211.h | 5 ++++-
net/mac80211/wep.c | 3 ++-
net/mac80211/wpa.c | 3 ++-
3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/include/net/mac80211.h
+++ b/include/net/mac80211.h
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ ieee80211_tx_info_clear_status(struct ie
* @RX_FLAG_DECRYPTED: This frame was decrypted in hardware.
* @RX_FLAG_MMIC_STRIPPED: the Michael MIC is stripped off this frame,
* verification has been done by the hardware.
- * @RX_FLAG_IV_STRIPPED: The IV/ICV are stripped from this frame.
+ * @RX_FLAG_IV_STRIPPED: The IV and ICV are stripped from this frame.
* If this flag is set, the stack cannot do any replay detection
* hence the driver or hardware will have to do that.
* @RX_FLAG_PN_VALIDATED: Currently only valid for CCMP/GCMP frames, this
@@ -1078,6 +1078,8 @@ ieee80211_tx_info_clear_status(struct ie
* @RX_FLAG_ALLOW_SAME_PN: Allow the same PN as same packet before.
* This is used for AMSDU subframes which can have the same PN as
* the first subframe.
+ * @RX_FLAG_ICV_STRIPPED: The ICV is stripped from this frame. CRC checking must
+ * be done in the hardware.
*/
enum mac80211_rx_flags {
RX_FLAG_MMIC_ERROR = BIT(0),
@@ -1113,6 +1115,7 @@ enum mac80211_rx_flags {
RX_FLAG_RADIOTAP_VENDOR_DATA = BIT(31),
RX_FLAG_MIC_STRIPPED = BIT_ULL(32),
RX_FLAG_ALLOW_SAME_PN = BIT_ULL(33),
+ RX_FLAG_ICV_STRIPPED = BIT_ULL(34),
};
#define RX_FLAG_STBC_SHIFT 26
--- a/net/mac80211/wep.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/wep.c
@@ -293,7 +293,8 @@ ieee80211_crypto_wep_decrypt(struct ieee
return RX_DROP_UNUSABLE;
ieee80211_wep_remove_iv(rx->local, rx->skb, rx->key);
/* remove ICV */
- if (pskb_trim(rx->skb, rx->skb->len - IEEE80211_WEP_ICV_LEN))
+ if (!(status->flag & RX_FLAG_ICV_STRIPPED) &&
+ pskb_trim(rx->skb, rx->skb->len - IEEE80211_WEP_ICV_LEN))
return RX_DROP_UNUSABLE;
}
--- a/net/mac80211/wpa.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/wpa.c
@@ -295,7 +295,8 @@ ieee80211_crypto_tkip_decrypt(struct iee
return RX_DROP_UNUSABLE;
/* Trim ICV */
- skb_trim(skb, skb->len - IEEE80211_TKIP_ICV_LEN);
+ if (!(status->flag & RX_FLAG_ICV_STRIPPED))
+ skb_trim(skb, skb->len - IEEE80211_TKIP_ICV_LEN);
/* Remove IV */
memmove(skb->data + IEEE80211_TKIP_IV_LEN, skb->data, hdrlen);
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from david.spinadel@xxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.9/mac80211-add-rx-flag-to-indicate-icv-stripped.patch