From: Felix Fietkau Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2020 20:08:06 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: do not drop tx nulldata packets on encrypted links ieee80211_tx_h_select_key drops any non-mgmt packets without a key when encryption is used. This is wrong for nulldata packets that can't be encrypted and are sent out for probing clients and indicating 4-address mode. Reported-by: Sebastian Gottschall Fixes: a0761a301746 ("mac80211: drop data frames without key on encrypted links") Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau --- --- a/net/mac80211/tx.c +++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c @@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ ieee80211_tx_h_select_key(struct ieee802 if (!skip_hw && tx->key && tx->key->flags & KEY_FLAG_UPLOADED_TO_HARDWARE) info->control.hw_key = &tx->key->conf; - } else if (!ieee80211_is_mgmt(hdr->frame_control) && tx->sta && + } else if (ieee80211_is_data_present(hdr->frame_control) && tx->sta && test_sta_flag(tx->sta, WLAN_STA_USES_ENCRYPTION)) { return TX_DROP; }