Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Greg Kroah-Hartman <> | Subject | [ 25/46] ath9k: fix decrypt_error initialization in ath_rx_tasklet() | Date | Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:39:15 -0700 |
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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
3.0-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi83@gmail.com>
commit e1352fde5682ab1bdd2a9e5d75c22d1fe210ef77 upstream.
ath_rx_tasklet() calls ath9k_rx_skb_preprocess() and ath9k_rx_skb_postprocess() in a loop over the received frames. The decrypt_error flag is initialized to false just outside ath_rx_tasklet() loop. ath9k_rx_accept(), called by ath9k_rx_skb_preprocess(), only sets decrypt_error to true and never to false. Then ath_rx_tasklet() calls ath9k_rx_skb_postprocess() and passes decrypt_error to it. So, after a decryption error, in ath9k_rx_skb_postprocess(), we can have a leftover value from another processed frame. In that case, the frame will not be marked with RX_FLAG_DECRYPTED even if it is decrypted correctly. When using CCMP encryption this issue can lead to connection stuck because of CCMP PN corruption and a waste of CPU time since mac80211 tries to decrypt an already deciphered frame with ieee80211_aes_ccm_decrypt. Fix the issue initializing decrypt_error flag at the begging of the ath_rx_tasklet() loop.
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi83@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
--- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c @@ -1697,7 +1697,6 @@ int ath_rx_tasklet(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ieee80211_hw *hw = sc->hw; struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr; int retval; - bool decrypt_error = false; struct ath_rx_status rs; enum ath9k_rx_qtype qtype; bool edma = !!(ah->caps.hw_caps & ATH9K_HW_CAP_EDMA); @@ -1719,6 +1718,7 @@ int ath_rx_tasklet(struct ath_softc *sc, tsf_lower = tsf & 0xffffffff; do { + bool decrypt_error = false; /* If handling rx interrupt and flush is in progress => exit */ if ((sc->sc_flags & SC_OP_RXFLUSH) && (flush == 0)) break;
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