From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753298AbdIIXCQ (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Sep 2017 19:02:16 -0400 Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:43076 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753270AbdIIXCO (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Sep 2017 19:02:14 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Ben Hutchings To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org CC: akpm@linux-foundation.org, "Emmanuel Grumbach" , "Johannes Berg" Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2017 22:47:15 +0100 Message-ID: X-Mailer: LinuxStableQueue (scripts by bwh) Subject: [PATCH 3.16 190/233] mac80211: don't look at the PM bit of BAR frames In-Reply-To: X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 2a02:8011:400e:2:6f00:88c8:c921:d332 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ben@decadent.org.uk X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on shadbolt.decadent.org.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 3.16.48-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Emmanuel Grumbach commit 769dc04db3ed8484798aceb015b94deacc2ba557 upstream. When a peer sends a BAR frame with PM bit clear, we should not modify its PM state as madated by the spec in 802.11-20012 10.2.1.2. Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- net/mac80211/rx.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/net/mac80211/rx.c +++ b/net/mac80211/rx.c @@ -1287,12 +1287,16 @@ ieee80211_rx_h_sta_process(struct ieee80 */ if (!(sta->local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_AP_LINK_PS) && !ieee80211_has_morefrags(hdr->frame_control) && + !ieee80211_is_back_req(hdr->frame_control) && !(status->rx_flags & IEEE80211_RX_DEFERRED_RELEASE) && (rx->sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP || rx->sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN) && - /* PM bit is only checked in frames where it isn't reserved, + /* + * PM bit is only checked in frames where it isn't reserved, * in AP mode it's reserved in non-bufferable management frames * (cf. IEEE 802.11-2012 8.2.4.1.7 Power Management field) + * BAR frames should be ignored as specified in + * IEEE 802.11-2012 10.2.1.2. */ (!ieee80211_is_mgmt(hdr->frame_control) || ieee80211_is_bufferable_mmpdu(hdr->frame_control))) {