From: Joshua Klinesmith <joshuaklinesmith@gmail.com>
To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Cc: nbd@nbd.name, lorenzo@kernel.org, ryder.lee@mediatek.com,
shayne.chen@mediatek.com, sean.wang@mediatek.com,
Joshua Klinesmith <joshuaklinesmith@gmail.com>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH wireless v3 2/3] wifi: mt76: mt7915: clear cipher state on key removal for WED offload
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2026 01:39:16 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260407053917.75898-3-joshuaklinesmith@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260407053917.75898-1-joshuaklinesmith@gmail.com>
When switching from WPA-PSK/SAE to open/no encryption, the
DISABLE_KEY path never resets mvif->mt76.cipher back to zero.
The stale cipher value is sent to the WA firmware via BSS_INFO
updates, causing the firmware to keep the protection bit set on
WED-offloaded packets. The hardware then drops all plaintext
frames, resulting in zero throughput.
Reset mvif->mt76.cipher to zero and notify the firmware via
mt7915_mcu_add_bss_info() when the last group key is removed.
The clearing is guarded by checking that both hw_key_idx and
hw_key_idx2 are unset (-1) so that GTK rotation (where the new
key is installed before the old one is removed) and BIGTK
removal while another group key is active do not trigger a
premature zero-cipher BSS update.
Fixes: 3fd2dbd6a1d3 ("mt76: mt7915: update bss_info with cipher after setting the group key")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Joshua Klinesmith <joshuaklinesmith@gmail.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7915/main.c | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7915/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7915/main.c
index 116dff49c104..2365d1ccf23d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7915/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7915/main.c
@@ -414,6 +414,19 @@ static int mt7915_set_key(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, enum set_key_cmd cmd,
} else {
if (idx == *wcid_keyidx)
*wcid_keyidx = -1;
+
+ /* Clear BSS cipher only when the last group key is removed;
+ * during GTK rotation the new key is installed before the old
+ * one is removed, so hw_key_idx still points at the new key
+ * and this condition stays false.
+ */
+ if (!sta && mvif->mt76.cipher &&
+ wcid->hw_key_idx == (u8)-1 &&
+ wcid->hw_key_idx2 == (u8)-1) {
+ mvif->mt76.cipher = 0;
+ mt7915_mcu_add_bss_info(phy, vif, true);
+ }
+
goto out;
}
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-07 5:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-07 5:39 [PATCH wireless v3 0/3] wifi: mt76: clear cipher state on key removal for WED offload Joshua Klinesmith
2026-04-07 5:39 ` [PATCH wireless v3 1/3] wifi: mt76: initialize hw_key_idx2 in mt76_wcid_init Joshua Klinesmith
2026-04-07 5:39 ` Joshua Klinesmith [this message]
2026-04-07 5:39 ` [PATCH wireless v3 3/3] wifi: mt76: mt7996: clear cipher state on key removal for WED offload Joshua Klinesmith
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