linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5.3] mwifiex: fix 802.11n/WPA detection

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Date:   Tue, 30 Jul 2019 15:02:13 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>
Cc:     Ganapathi Bhat <gbhat@...vell.com>,
        Nishant Sarmukadam <nishants@...vell.com>,
        Amitkumar Karwar <amitkarwar@...il.com>,
        Xinming Hu <huxinming820@...il.com>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.3] mwifiex: fix 802.11n/WPA detection

Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org> wrote:

> Commit 63d7ef36103d ("mwifiex: Don't abort on small, spec-compliant
> vendor IEs") adjusted the ieee_types_vendor_header struct, which
> inadvertently messed up the offsets used in
> mwifiex_is_wpa_oui_present(). Add that offset back in, mirroring
> mwifiex_is_rsn_oui_present().
> 
> As it stands, commit 63d7ef36103d breaks compatibility with WPA (not
> WPA2) 802.11n networks, since we hit the "info: Disable 11n if AES is
> not supported by AP" case in mwifiex_is_network_compatible().
> 
> Fixes: 63d7ef36103d ("mwifiex: Don't abort on small, spec-compliant vendor IEs")
> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers.git, thanks.

df612421fe25 mwifiex: fix 802.11n/WPA detection

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