[PATCH] monitor: indicate if the MPDU was invalid

[PATCH] monitor: indicate if the MPDU was invalid

[James Prestwood]

If the frame was not parsed as an MPDU indicate this in iwmon. This
also adds handling to print probe requests.
---
 monitor/nlmon.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/monitor/nlmon.c b/monitor/nlmon.c
index ed40264b..6845ca53 100644
--- a/monitor/nlmon.c
+++ b/monitor/nlmon.c
@@ -5128,6 +5128,16 @@ static void print_probe_response(unsigned int level,
 			(const uint8_t *) mmpdu + len - resp->ies);
 }
 
+static void print_probe_request(unsigned int level,
+				const struct mmpdu_header *mmpdu, size_t len)
+{
+	const struct mmpdu_probe_request *req = mmpdu_body(mmpdu);
+
+	print_attr(level, "Subtype: Probe Request");
+	print_ie(level + 1, "Probe Request IEs", req->ies,
+			(const uint8_t *) mmpdu + len - req->ies);
+}
+
 static void print_beacon(unsigned int level,
 				const struct mmpdu_header *mmpdu, size_t len)
 {
@@ -5165,7 +5175,10 @@ static void print_frame_type(unsigned int level, const char *label,
 
 	switch (subtype) {
 	case 0x00:
-		str = "Association request";
+		if (mpdu)
+			str = "Association request";
+		else
+			str = "Association request (invalid MPDU)";
 		break;
 	case 0x01:
 		if (mpdu)
@@ -5174,19 +5187,28 @@ static void print_frame_type(unsigned int level, const char *label,
 			str = "Association response";
 		break;
 	case 0x02:
-		str = "Reassociation request";
+		if (mpdu)
+			str = "Reassociation request";
+		else
+			str = "Reassociation request (invalid MPDU)";
 		break;
 	case 0x03:
-		str = "Reassociation response";
+		if (mpdu)
+			str = "Reassociation response";
+		else
+			str = "Reassociation response (invalid MPDU)";
 		break;
 	case 0x04:
-		str = "Probe request";
+		if (mpdu)
+			print_probe_request(level + 1, mpdu, size);
+		else
+			str = "Probe request (invalid MPDU)";
 		break;
 	case 0x05:
 		if (mpdu)
 			print_probe_response(level + 1, mpdu, size);
 		else
-			str = "Probe response";
+			str = "Probe response (invalid MPDU)";
 		break;
 	case 0x06:
 		str = "Timing Advertisement";
@@ -5195,25 +5217,28 @@ static void print_frame_type(unsigned int level, const char *label,
 		if (mpdu)
 			print_beacon(level + 1, mpdu, size);
 		else
-			str = "Beacon";
+			str = "Beacon (invalid MPDU)";
 		break;
 	case 0x09:
 		str = "ATIM";
 		break;
 	case 0x0a:
-		str = "Disassociation";
+		if (mpdu)
+			str = "Disassociation";
+		else
+			str = "Disassociation (invalid MPDU)";
 		break;
 	case 0x0b:
 		if (mpdu)
 			print_authentication_mgmt_frame(level + 1, mpdu, size);
 		else
-			str = "Authentication";
+			str = "Authentication (invalid MPDU)";
 		break;
 	case 0x0c:
 		if (mpdu)
 			print_deauthentication_mgmt_frame(level + 1, mpdu);
 		else
-			str = "Deauthentication";
+			str = "Deauthentication (invalid MPDU)";
 		break;
 	case 0x0d:
 	case 0x0e:
-- 
2.34.1

Re: [PATCH] monitor: indicate if the MPDU was invalid

[Denis Kenzior]

Hi James,

On 1/2/24 07:03, James Prestwood wrote:
> If the frame was not parsed as an MPDU indicate this in iwmon. This
> also adds handling to print probe requests.
> ---
>   monitor/nlmon.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>   1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 

Applied, thanks.

Regards,
-Denis