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-rw-r--r--net/mac80211/main.c26
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/mac80211/main.c b/net/mac80211/main.c
index c1a799194ff..9dd8d25611e 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/main.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/main.c
@@ -310,6 +310,31 @@ static void ieee80211_handle_filtered_frame(struct ieee80211_local *local,
{
struct ieee80211_tx_info *info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
+ /*
+ * XXX: This is temporary!
+ *
+ * The problem here is that when we get here, the driver will
+ * quite likely have pretty much overwritten info->control by
+ * using info->driver_data or info->rate_driver_data. Thus,
+ * when passing out the frame to the driver again, we would be
+ * passing completely bogus data since the driver would then
+ * expect a properly filled info->control. In mac80211 itself
+ * the same problem occurs, since we need info->control.vif
+ * internally.
+ *
+ * To fix this, we should send the frame through TX processing
+ * again. However, it's not that simple, since the frame will
+ * have been software-encrypted (if applicable) already, and
+ * encrypting it again doesn't do much good. So to properly do
+ * that, we not only have to skip the actual 'raw' encryption
+ * (key selection etc. still has to be done!) but also the
+ * sequence number assignment since that impacts the crypto
+ * encapsulation, of course.
+ *
+ * Hence, for now, fix the bug by just dropping the frame.
+ */
+ goto drop;
+
sta->tx_filtered_count++;
/*
@@ -363,6 +388,7 @@ static void ieee80211_handle_filtered_frame(struct ieee80211_local *local,
return;
}
+ drop:
#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_VERBOSE_DEBUG
if (net_ratelimit())
printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: dropped TX filtered frame, "