[PATCH 4.9 138/329] mac80211: drop frames with unexpected DS bits from fast-rx to slow path

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon May 28 2018 - 06:32:44 EST


4.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit b323ac19b7734a1c464b2785a082ee50bccd3b91 ]

Fixes rx for 4-addr packets in AP mode. These may be used for setting
up a 4-addr link for stations that are allowed to do so.

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/mac80211/rx.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/net/mac80211/rx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rx.c
@@ -3907,7 +3907,7 @@ static bool ieee80211_invoke_fast_rx(str
if ((hdr->frame_control & cpu_to_le16(IEEE80211_FCTL_FROMDS |
IEEE80211_FCTL_TODS)) !=
fast_rx->expected_ds_bits)
- goto drop;
+ return false;

/* assign the key to drop unencrypted frames (later)
* and strip the IV/MIC if necessary