From: Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>
To: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, libertas-dev@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] libertas: Reduce the WPA key installation time.
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:12:34 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1221624754.23335.8.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <48d05b30.09038e0a.6b12.ffffb982@mx.google.com>
On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 18:08 -0700, Javier Cardona wrote:
> WPA requires that the PTK is installed immediately after the 4-way handshake
> in order to properly decrypt the subsequent incoming EAPOL-GTK frame. If the
> PTK is not enabled by the time the EAPOL-GTK frame arrives, the frame is
> dropped and the supplicant does not receive the group key.
>
> This will happen with fast Access Points that send the EAPOL-GTK frame before
> the suplicant has successfully installed and enabled the PTK. To mitigate
> this situation, this patch simplifies and accelerates the SIOCSIWENCODEEXT
> execution.
>
> This patch resolves OLPC ticket 7825 (http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/7825)
>
> Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com>
If this works for you, then:
Acked-by: Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/libertas/dev.h | 1 +
> drivers/net/wireless/libertas/wext.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/dev.h b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/dev.h
> index acb889e..f6f3753 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/dev.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/dev.h
> @@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ struct lbs_802_11_security {
> u8 WPA2enabled;
> u8 wep_enabled;
> u8 auth_mode;
> + u32 key_mgmt;
> };
>
> /** Current Basic Service Set State Structure */
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/wext.c b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/wext.c
> index d86fcf0..5436b34 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/wext.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/wext.c
> @@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ static inline void lbs_postpone_association_work(struct lbs_private *priv)
> queue_delayed_work(priv->work_thread, &priv->assoc_work, HZ / 2);
> }
>
> +static inline void lbs_do_association_work(struct lbs_private *priv)
> +{
> + if (priv->surpriseremoved)
> + return;
> + cancel_delayed_work(&priv->assoc_work);
> + queue_delayed_work(priv->work_thread, &priv->assoc_work, 0);
> +}
> +
> static inline void lbs_cancel_association_work(struct lbs_private *priv)
> {
> cancel_delayed_work(&priv->assoc_work);
> @@ -1585,12 +1593,26 @@ static int lbs_set_encodeext(struct net_device *dev,
> set_bit(ASSOC_FLAG_SECINFO, &assoc_req->flags);
> }
>
> - disable_wep (assoc_req);
> + /* Only disable wep if necessary: can't waste time here. */
> + if (priv->mac_control & CMD_ACT_MAC_WEP_ENABLE)
> + disable_wep(assoc_req);
> }
>
> out:
> if (ret == 0) {
> - lbs_postpone_association_work(priv);
> + /* 802.1x and WPA rekeying must happen as quickly as possible,
> + * especially during the 4-way handshake; thus if in
> + * infrastructure mode, and either (a) 802.1x is enabled or
> + * (b) WPA is being used, set the key right away.
> + */
> + if (assoc_req->mode == IW_MODE_INFRA &&
> + ((assoc_req->secinfo.key_mgmt & IW_AUTH_KEY_MGMT_802_1X) ||
> + (assoc_req->secinfo.key_mgmt & IW_AUTH_KEY_MGMT_PSK) ||
> + assoc_req->secinfo.WPAenabled ||
> + assoc_req->secinfo.WPA2enabled)) {
> + lbs_do_association_work(priv);
> + } else
> + lbs_postpone_association_work(priv);
> } else {
> lbs_cancel_association_work(priv);
> }
> @@ -1698,13 +1720,17 @@ static int lbs_set_auth(struct net_device *dev,
> case IW_AUTH_TKIP_COUNTERMEASURES:
> case IW_AUTH_CIPHER_PAIRWISE:
> case IW_AUTH_CIPHER_GROUP:
> - case IW_AUTH_KEY_MGMT:
> case IW_AUTH_DROP_UNENCRYPTED:
> /*
> * libertas does not use these parameters
> */
> break;
>
> + case IW_AUTH_KEY_MGMT:
> + assoc_req->secinfo.key_mgmt = dwrq->value;
> + updated = 1;
> + break;
> +
> case IW_AUTH_WPA_VERSION:
> if (dwrq->value & IW_AUTH_WPA_VERSION_DISABLED) {
> assoc_req->secinfo.WPAenabled = 0;
> @@ -1784,6 +1810,10 @@ static int lbs_get_auth(struct net_device *dev,
> lbs_deb_enter(LBS_DEB_WEXT);
>
> switch (dwrq->flags & IW_AUTH_INDEX) {
> + case IW_AUTH_KEY_MGMT:
> + dwrq->value = priv->secinfo.key_mgmt;
> + break;
> +
> case IW_AUTH_WPA_VERSION:
> dwrq->value = 0;
> if (priv->secinfo.WPAenabled)
prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-09-17 4:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-09-17 1:08 [PATCH v2] libertas: Reduce the WPA key installation time Javier Cardona
2008-09-17 4:12 ` Dan Williams [this message]
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