staging: rtl8723au: issue_beacon23a(): Do not copy IEs in front of beacon data
authorJes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com>
Thu, 19 Jun 2014 09:37:27 +0000 (11:37 +0200)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 19 Jun 2014 20:08:50 +0000 (13:08 -0700)
Not sure how this happened, but one should never copy the IEs in front
of the beacon frame info. This could lead to some nasty corrupted
beacon frames hitting the wire if running AP mode - ouf!

Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c

index f40b73305196dd9ed0cf588040075a6e7b003062..265fd2a09759d27b266cf8430435062477293bea 100644 (file)
@@ -2434,7 +2434,29 @@ void issue_beacon23a(struct rtw_adapter *padapter, int timeout_ms)
        pframe += sizeof(struct ieee80211_hdr_3addr);
        pattrib->pktlen = sizeof(struct ieee80211_hdr_3addr);
 
-       if ((pmlmeinfo->state&0x03) == WIFI_FW_AP_STATE) {
+       /* below for ad-hoc mode */
+
+       /* timestamp will be inserted by hardware */
+       pframe += 8;
+       pattrib->pktlen += 8;
+
+       /*  beacon interval: 2 bytes */
+
+       memcpy(pframe, (unsigned char *)
+              rtw_get_beacon_interval23a_from_ie(cur_network->IEs), 2);
+
+       pframe += 2;
+       pattrib->pktlen += 2;
+
+       /*  capability info: 2 bytes */
+
+       memcpy(pframe, (unsigned char *)
+              rtw_get_capability23a_from_ie(cur_network->IEs), 2);
+
+       pframe += 2;
+       pattrib->pktlen += 2;
+
+       if ((pmlmeinfo->state & 0x03) == WIFI_FW_AP_STATE) {
                u8 *iebuf;
                int buflen;
                /* DBG_8723A("ie len =%d\n", cur_network->IELength); */
@@ -2468,28 +2490,6 @@ void issue_beacon23a(struct rtw_adapter *padapter, int timeout_ms)
                goto _issue_bcn;
        }
 
-       /* below for ad-hoc mode */
-
-       /* timestamp will be inserted by hardware */
-       pframe += 8;
-       pattrib->pktlen += 8;
-
-       /*  beacon interval: 2 bytes */
-
-       memcpy(pframe, (unsigned char *)
-              rtw_get_beacon_interval23a_from_ie(cur_network->IEs), 2);
-
-       pframe += 2;
-       pattrib->pktlen += 2;
-
-       /*  capability info: 2 bytes */
-
-       memcpy(pframe, (unsigned char *)
-              rtw_get_capability23a_from_ie(cur_network->IEs), 2);
-
-       pframe += 2;
-       pattrib->pktlen += 2;
-
        /*  SSID */
        pframe = rtw_set_ie23a(pframe, WLAN_EID_SSID,
                               cur_network->Ssid.ssid_len,