Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:23:55 +0200 From: Bernhard Schmidt <bschmidt@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [patch] net80211: reject STA frames not destined to the current STA VAP MAC address Message-ID: <201110262123.55543.bschmidt@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-Vmo=CZ-c0QN_qoXQa4gyo5MyxL=DUzy6nXkX27HEDr17iqA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAJ-Vmo=CZ-c0QN_qoXQa4gyo5MyxL=DUzy6nXkX27HEDr17iqA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wednesday 26 October 2011 16:28:39 Adrian Chadd wrote: > Hi, > > This patch rejects frames that are sent to a STA with an incorrect > destination MAC. > This is to fix an issue with the AR9160 in STA mode where it > occasionally leaks frames destined to other stations. This then > updates the crypto IV state and last received sequence number, causing > subsequent frames from the correct MAC to be dropped inside net80211. > > It's also needed if we decide (eventually) to support >1 STA VAP. > > I'd like to merge this to -9 and -8, in case there are other AR9160 STA users. I doubt this is necessary. Receiving frames with DST != vap->iv_myaddr works just fine with iwn(4) and WPA. -- Bernhard
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