linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.10 04/66] mac80211: Reset MBSSID parameters upon connection

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Date:   Mon, 16 May 2022 21:36:04 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Manikanta Pubbisetty <quic_mpubbise@...cinc.com>,
        Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.10 04/66] mac80211: Reset MBSSID parameters upon connection

From: Manikanta Pubbisetty <quic_mpubbise@...cinc.com>

[ Upstream commit 86af062f40a73bf63321694e6bf637144f0383fe ]

Currently MBSSID parameters in struct ieee80211_bss_conf
are not reset upon connection. This could be problematic
with some drivers in a scenario where the device first
connects to a non-transmit BSS and then connects to a
transmit BSS of a Multi BSS AP. The MBSSID parameters
which are set after connecting to a non-transmit BSS will
not be reset and the same parameters will be passed on to
the driver during the subsequent connection to a transmit
BSS of a Multi BSS AP.

For example, firmware running on the ath11k device uses the
Multi BSS data for tracking the beacon of a non-transmit BSS
and reports the driver when there is a beacon miss. If we do
not reset the MBSSID parameters during the subsequent
connection to a transmit BSS, then the driver would have
wrong MBSSID data and FW would be looking for an incorrect
BSSID in the MBSSID beacon of a Multi BSS AP and reports
beacon loss leading to an unstable connection.

Reset the MBSSID parameters upon every connection to solve this
problem.

Fixes: 78ac51f81532 ("mac80211: support multi-bssid")
Signed-off-by: Manikanta Pubbisetty <quic_mpubbise@...cinc.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220428052744.27040-1-quic_mpubbise@quicinc.com
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 net/mac80211/mlme.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index 0dba353d3f8f..3988403064ab 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -3528,6 +3528,12 @@ static bool ieee80211_assoc_success(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 				cbss->transmitted_bss->bssid);
 		bss_conf->bssid_indicator = cbss->max_bssid_indicator;
 		bss_conf->bssid_index = cbss->bssid_index;
+	} else {
+		bss_conf->nontransmitted = false;
+		memset(bss_conf->transmitter_bssid, 0,
+		       sizeof(bss_conf->transmitter_bssid));
+		bss_conf->bssid_indicator = 0;
+		bss_conf->bssid_index = 0;
 	}

 	/*
-- 
2.35.1