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ieee802154: Fix generation of random EUI-64 addresses.
authorLennert Buytenhek <buytenh@wantstofly.org>
Thu, 28 May 2015 12:38:32 +0000 (15:38 +0300)
committerMarcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
Sun, 31 May 2015 11:40:53 +0000 (13:40 +0200)
commit3b369bd212d5cabb46cff0e863298971b382bbd6
tree250dc9be6bfaa82e624626d4b70e60e3333716cf
parenta9ab2184f451ec78af245ebb8b663d8700d44672
ieee802154: Fix generation of random EUI-64 addresses.

Currently, ieee802154_random_extended_addr() has a 50% chance of
generating a group (multicast) address, while this function is used
for generating station addresses (which can't be group addresses)
for interfaces that don't have a hardware-provided address.

Also, in case get_random_bytes() generates the EUI-64 address
00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00 (extremely unlikely), which is an invalid
address, ieee802154_random_extended_addr() reacts by changing it
to 01:00:00:00:00:00:00:00, which is an invalid station address as
well, as it is a group address.

This patch changes the address generation procedure to grab eight
random bytes, treat that as an EUI-64, and then clear the Group
address bit and set the Locally Administered bit, which is in
line with how eth_random_addr() generates random EUI-48s.

Signed-off-by: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@wantstofly.org>
Acked-by: Alexander Aring <alex.aring@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
include/linux/ieee802154.h