3.16.48-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
------------------ From: Emmanuel Grumbach <[email protected]> commit 769dc04db3ed8484798aceb015b94deacc2ba557 upstream. When a peer sends a BAR frame with PM bit clear, we should not modify its PM state as madated by the spec in 802.11-20012 10.2.1.2. Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <[email protected]> --- net/mac80211/rx.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/net/mac80211/rx.c +++ b/net/mac80211/rx.c @@ -1287,12 +1287,16 @@ ieee80211_rx_h_sta_process(struct ieee80 */ if (!(sta->local->hw.flags & IEEE80211_HW_AP_LINK_PS) && !ieee80211_has_morefrags(hdr->frame_control) && + !ieee80211_is_back_req(hdr->frame_control) && !(status->rx_flags & IEEE80211_RX_DEFERRED_RELEASE) && (rx->sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP || rx->sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN) && - /* PM bit is only checked in frames where it isn't reserved, + /* + * PM bit is only checked in frames where it isn't reserved, * in AP mode it's reserved in non-bufferable management frames * (cf. IEEE 802.11-2012 8.2.4.1.7 Power Management field) + * BAR frames should be ignored as specified in + * IEEE 802.11-2012 10.2.1.2. */ (!ieee80211_is_mgmt(hdr->frame_control) || ieee80211_is_bufferable_mmpdu(hdr->frame_control))) {
