mac80211: Do not disconnect on invalid operating class
authorIlan Peer <ilan.peer@intel.com>
Mon, 19 Feb 2018 12:48:42 +0000 (14:48 +0200)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Wed, 30 May 2018 05:50:28 +0000 (07:50 +0200)
commitd6114a6884d902029b2938c35d43d8f36b73b101
treefabdd7d900f4516a6982c4b05aded40f93f72a57
parent31155ee44dd94f379532a446b078175289e8c3ff
mac80211: Do not disconnect on invalid operating class

[ Upstream commit 191da271ac260700db3e5b4bb982a17ca78769d6 ]

Some APs include a non global operating class in their extended channel
switch information element. In such a case, as the operating class is not
known, mac80211 would decide to disconnect.

However the specification states that the operating class needs to be
taken from Annex E, but it does not specify from which table it should be
taken, so it is valid for an AP to use a non global operating class.

To avoid possibly unneeded disconnection, in such a case ignore the
operating class and assume that the current band is used, and if the
resulting channel and band configuration is invalid disconnect.

Signed-off-by: Ilan Peer <ilan.peer@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
net/mac80211/spectmgmt.c