iwlwifi: mvm: refuse connection to APs with BI < 16
authorJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Thu, 4 Jul 2013 13:55:29 +0000 (15:55 +0200)
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Tue, 16 Jul 2013 10:55:07 +0000 (13:55 +0300)
Due to a firmware bug, it crashes when the beacon interval
is smaller than 16. Avoid this by refusing the station state
change creating the AP station, causing mac80211 to abandon
the attempt to connect to the AP, and eventually wpa_s to
blacklist it.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/mac80211.c

index 1a4a032cecb247edbc7c37a331679120cd876e36..1eedc424051c5a8258c9a528092cae5fa82c2df3 100644 (file)
@@ -1011,6 +1011,21 @@ static int iwl_mvm_mac_sta_state(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
        mutex_lock(&mvm->mutex);
        if (old_state == IEEE80211_STA_NOTEXIST &&
            new_state == IEEE80211_STA_NONE) {
+               /*
+                * Firmware bug - it'll crash if the beacon interval is less
+                * than 16. We can't avoid connecting at all, so refuse the
+                * station state change, this will cause mac80211 to abandon
+                * attempts to connect to this AP, and eventually wpa_s will
+                * blacklist the AP...
+                */
+               if (vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION &&
+                   vif->bss_conf.beacon_int < 16) {
+                       IWL_ERR(mvm,
+                               "AP %pM beacon interval is %d, refusing due to firmware bug!\n",
+                               sta->addr, vif->bss_conf.beacon_int);
+                       ret = -EINVAL;
+                       goto out_unlock;
+               }
                ret = iwl_mvm_add_sta(mvm, vif, sta);
        } else if (old_state == IEEE80211_STA_NONE &&
                   new_state == IEEE80211_STA_AUTH) {
@@ -1043,6 +1058,7 @@ static int iwl_mvm_mac_sta_state(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
        } else {
                ret = -EIO;
        }
+ out_unlock:
        mutex_unlock(&mvm->mutex);
 
        return ret;