mac80211: do not drop tx nulldata packets on encrypted links
authorFelix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
Fri, 18 Dec 2020 19:15:25 +0000 (20:15 +0100)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Sat, 23 Jan 2021 15:04:04 +0000 (16:04 +0100)
commita00432fa4cb9c022c74303c70080267e6a93d624
tree46bd0d6c5f83cc3a84801456ab20ef3371ad71a6
parenta6d508c63573de7682305910cee05ceda28b778a
mac80211: do not drop tx nulldata packets on encrypted links

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