From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
To: "A. Sverdlin" <alexander.sverdlin@siemens.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
"Alexander Sverdlin" <alexander.sverdlin@siemens.com>,
"Jérôme Pouiller" <jerome.pouiller@silabs.com>,
"Dmitry Antipov" <dmantipov@yandex.ru>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: wifi: wfx: repair open network AP mode
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2024 07:49:42 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <172474498108.2876569.5337520970531650493.kvalo@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240823131521.3309073-1-alexander.sverdlin@siemens.com>
"A. Sverdlin" <alexander.sverdlin@siemens.com> wrote:
> From: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@siemens.com>
>
> RSN IE missing in beacon is normal in open networks.
> Avoid returning -EINVAL in this case.
>
> Steps to reproduce:
>
> $ cat /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
> network={
> ssid="testNet"
> mode=2
> key_mgmt=NONE
> }
>
> $ wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
> nl80211: Beacon set failed: -22 (Invalid argument)
> Failed to set beacon parameters
> Interface initialization failed
> wlan0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->DISABLED
> wlan0: AP-DISABLED
> wlan0: Unable to setup interface.
> Failed to initialize AP interface
>
> After the change:
>
> $ wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
> Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant
> wlan0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->ENABLED
> wlan0: AP-ENABLED
>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Fixes: fe0a7776d4d1 ("wifi: wfx: fix possible NULL pointer dereference in wfx_set_mfp_ap()")
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@siemens.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@silabs.com>
Patch applied to wireless.git, thanks.
6d30bb88f623 wifi: wfx: repair open network AP mode
--
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20240823131521.3309073-1-alexander.sverdlin@siemens.com/
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
https://docs.kernel.org/process/submitting-patches.html
prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-08-27 7:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-08-23 13:15 [PATCH] wifi: wfx: repair open network AP mode A. Sverdlin
2024-08-23 13:42 ` Sverdlin, Alexander
2024-08-23 14:59 ` Kalle Valo
2024-08-23 15:07 ` Kalle Valo
2024-08-23 15:14 ` Sverdlin, Alexander
2024-08-26 15:12 ` Jérôme Pouiller
2024-08-26 15:42 ` Sverdlin, Alexander
2024-08-26 18:53 ` Jérôme Pouiller
2024-08-27 7:49 ` Kalle Valo [this message]
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