mac80211: Fix mac80211 station info rx bitrate for IBSS mode

PATCH Applied Henning Rogge 2 participants 2 messages May 1, 2014 – May 5, 2014 mac80211

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Henning Rogge

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2014-05-01 08:03 UTC #0 lore raw

PATCH 1/1 mac80211: Fix mac80211 station info rx bitrate for IBSS mode

From: Henning Rogge <[email protected]>

Filter out incoming multicast packages before applying their bitrate to the rx bitrate station info field to prevent them from setting the rx bitrate to the basic multicast rate.

Signed-off-by Henning Rogge <[email protected]>

---
 net/mac80211/rx.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

net/mac80211/rx.c +2 -1

index 216c45b..2b608b2 100644
@@ -1231,7 +1231,8 @@ ieee80211_rx_h_sta_process(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx)
 		if (ether_addr_equal(bssid, rx->sdata->u.ibss.bssid) &&
 		    test_sta_flag(sta, WLAN_STA_AUTHORIZED)) {
 			sta->last_rx = jiffies;
-			if (ieee80211_is_data(hdr->frame_control)) {
+			if (ieee80211_is_data(hdr->frame_control) &&
+			    !is_multicast_ether_addr(hdr->addr1)) {
 				sta->last_rx_rate_idx = status->rate_idx;
 				sta->last_rx_rate_flag = status->flag;
 				sta->last_rx_rate_vht_flag = status->vht_flag;

Signature · 1 line

1.9.0

Johannes Berg

maintainer Applied

2014-05-05 12:59 UTC #1 lore raw

Quoted 5 lines · Henning Rogge

From: Henning Rogge <[email protected]>
Filter out incoming multicast packages before applying their bitrate to the rx bitrate station info field to prevent them from setting the rx bitrate to the basic multicast rate.

Applied, thanks.

johannes