From: Johannes Berg Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 18:47:32 +0000 (+0200) Subject: mac80211: don't connect to IBSS network with different privacy X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e0d61887c2ee19bb63f6a8c0e2c149184e879501;p=linux-beck.git mac80211: don't connect to IBSS network with different privacy Even when we find an IBSS with the SSID we're looking for, we may not be able to connect to it because it has a key and we don't, or vice versa. Avoid such situations by checking the privacy capability bit. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- diff --git a/net/mac80211/ibss.c b/net/mac80211/ibss.c index aa537681f87c..c94a695d8488 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/ibss.c +++ b/net/mac80211/ibss.c @@ -499,6 +499,7 @@ static void ieee80211_sta_find_ibss(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata) struct ieee80211_channel *chan = NULL; const u8 *bssid = NULL; int active_ibss; + u16 capability; active_ibss = ieee80211_sta_active_ibss(sdata); #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_IBSS_DEBUG @@ -509,6 +510,10 @@ static void ieee80211_sta_find_ibss(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata) if (active_ibss) return; + capability = WLAN_CAPABILITY_IBSS; + if (sdata->default_key) + capability |= WLAN_CAPABILITY_PRIVACY; + if (ifibss->fixed_bssid) bssid = ifibss->bssid; if (ifibss->fixed_channel) @@ -517,8 +522,9 @@ static void ieee80211_sta_find_ibss(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata) bssid = ifibss->bssid; bss = (void *)cfg80211_get_bss(local->hw.wiphy, chan, bssid, ifibss->ssid, ifibss->ssid_len, - WLAN_CAPABILITY_IBSS, - WLAN_CAPABILITY_IBSS); + capability, + WLAN_CAPABILITY_IBSS | + WLAN_CAPABILITY_PRIVACY); #ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_IBSS_DEBUG if (bss)