linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.19 59/78] mac80211: dont initiate TDLS connection if station is not associated to AP

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Date:   Mon,  4 Mar 2019 09:22:42 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Balaji Pothunoori <bpothuno@...eaurora.org>,
        Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4.19 59/78] mac80211: dont initiate TDLS connection if station is not associated to AP

4.19-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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[ Upstream commit 7ed5285396c257fd4070b1e29e7b2341aae2a1ce ]

Following call trace is observed while adding TDLS peer entry in driver
during TDLS setup.

Call Trace:
[<c1301476>] dump_stack+0x47/0x61
[<c10537d2>] __warn+0xe2/0x100
[<fa22415f>] ? sta_apply_parameters+0x49f/0x550 [mac80211]
[<c1053895>] warn_slowpath_null+0x25/0x30
[<fa22415f>] sta_apply_parameters+0x49f/0x550 [mac80211]
[<fa20ad42>] ? sta_info_alloc+0x1c2/0x450 [mac80211]
[<fa224623>] ieee80211_add_station+0xe3/0x160 [mac80211]
[<c1876fe3>] nl80211_new_station+0x273/0x420
[<c170f6d9>] genl_rcv_msg+0x219/0x3c0
[<c170f4c0>] ? genl_rcv+0x30/0x30
[<c170ee7e>] netlink_rcv_skb+0x8e/0xb0
[<c170f4ac>] genl_rcv+0x1c/0x30
[<c170e8aa>] netlink_unicast+0x13a/0x1d0
[<c170ec18>] netlink_sendmsg+0x2d8/0x390
[<c16c5acd>] sock_sendmsg+0x2d/0x40
[<c16c6369>] ___sys_sendmsg+0x1d9/0x1e0

Fixing this by allowing TDLS setup request only when we have completed
association.

Signed-off-by: Balaji Pothunoori <bpothuno@...eaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 net/mac80211/cfg.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
index c2abe9db1ea24..40c5102234679 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
@@ -1478,6 +1478,10 @@ static int ieee80211_add_station(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
 	if (params->sta_flags_set & BIT(NL80211_STA_FLAG_TDLS_PEER))
 		sta->sta.tdls = true;
 
+	if (sta->sta.tdls && sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION &&
+	    !sdata->u.mgd.associated)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	err = sta_apply_parameters(local, sta, params);
 	if (err) {
 		sta_info_free(local, sta);
-- 
2.19.1