FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mwifiex: fix 802.11n/WPA detection" failed to apply to 4.4-stable tree

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mwifiex: fix 802.11n/WPA detection" failed to apply to 4.4-stable tree

[gregkh]

The patch below does not apply to the 4.4-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From df612421fe2566654047769c6852ffae1a31df16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 12:46:34 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] mwifiex: fix 802.11n/WPA detection

Commit 63d7ef36103d ("mwifiex: Don't abort on small, spec-compliant
vendor IEs") adjusted the ieee_types_vendor_header struct, which
inadvertently messed up the offsets used in
mwifiex_is_wpa_oui_present(). Add that offset back in, mirroring
mwifiex_is_rsn_oui_present().

As it stands, commit 63d7ef36103d breaks compatibility with WPA (not
WPA2) 802.11n networks, since we hit the "info: Disable 11n if AES is
not supported by AP" case in mwifiex_is_network_compatible().

Fixes: 63d7ef36103d ("mwifiex: Don't abort on small, spec-compliant vendor IEs")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.h b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.h
index 3e442c7f7882..095837fba300 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.h
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ enum {
 
 #define MWIFIEX_MAX_TOTAL_SCAN_TIME	(MWIFIEX_TIMER_10S - MWIFIEX_TIMER_1S)
 
+#define WPA_GTK_OUI_OFFSET				2
 #define RSN_GTK_OUI_OFFSET				2
 
 #define MWIFIEX_OUI_NOT_PRESENT			0
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c
index 0d6d41727037..21dda385f6c6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c
@@ -181,7 +181,8 @@ mwifiex_is_wpa_oui_present(struct mwifiex_bssdescriptor *bss_desc, u32 cipher)
 	u8 ret = MWIFIEX_OUI_NOT_PRESENT;
 
 	if (has_vendor_hdr(bss_desc->bcn_wpa_ie, WLAN_EID_VENDOR_SPECIFIC)) {
-		iebody = (struct ie_body *) bss_desc->bcn_wpa_ie->data;
+		iebody = (struct ie_body *)((u8 *)bss_desc->bcn_wpa_ie->data +
+					    WPA_GTK_OUI_OFFSET);
 		oui = &mwifiex_wpa_oui[cipher][0];
 		ret = mwifiex_search_oui_in_ie(iebody, oui);
 		if (ret)

Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mwifiex: fix 802.11n/WPA detection" failed to apply to 4.4-stable tree

[Brian Norris]

n Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 06:27:35PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> The patch below does not apply to the 4.4-stable tree.
> If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
> tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
> id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

The conflicts were small, so I fixed and sent here:

https://lore.kernel.org/stable/20190814165914.143238-1-briannorris@chromium.org/T/#u

It'd be a shame to leave this broken on 4.4.y.

Brian