[PATCH 5.10 38/43] mac80211: do not drop tx nulldata packets on encrypted links

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-01-22T14:49:18Z

From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>

commit 2463ec86cd0338a2c2edbfb0b9d50c52ff76ff43 upstream.

ieee80211_tx_h_select_key drops any non-mgmt packets without a key when
encryption is used. This is wrong for nulldata packets that can't be
encrypted and are sent out for probing clients and indicating 4-address
mode.

Reported-by: Sebastian Gottschall <s.gottschall@dd-wrt.com>
Fixes: a0761a301746 ("mac80211: drop data frames without key on encrypted links")
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201218191525.1168-1-nbd@nbd.name
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

---
net/mac80211/tx.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ ieee80211_tx_h_select_key(struct ieee802
if (!skip_hw && tx->key &&
tx->key->flags & KEY_FLAG_UPLOADED_TO_HARDWARE)
info->control.hw_key = &tx->key->conf;
- } else if (!ieee80211_is_mgmt(hdr->frame_control) && tx->sta &&
+ } else if (ieee80211_is_data_present(hdr->frame_control) && tx->sta &&
test_sta_flag(tx->sta, WLAN_STA_USES_ENCRYPTION)) {
return TX_DROP;
}