mac80211: don't connect to IBSS network with different privacy
Even when we find an IBSS with the SSID we're looking for, we
may not be able to connect to it because it has a key and we
don't, or vice versa. Avoid such situations by checking the
privacy capability bit.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ibss.c b/net/mac80211/ibss.c
index aa53768..c94a695 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ibss.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/ibss.c
@@ -499,6 +499,7 @@
struct ieee80211_channel *chan = NULL;
const u8 *bssid = NULL;
int active_ibss;
+ u16 capability;
active_ibss = ieee80211_sta_active_ibss(sdata);
#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_IBSS_DEBUG
@@ -509,6 +510,10 @@
if (active_ibss)
return;
+ capability = WLAN_CAPABILITY_IBSS;
+ if (sdata->default_key)
+ capability |= WLAN_CAPABILITY_PRIVACY;
+
if (ifibss->fixed_bssid)
bssid = ifibss->bssid;
if (ifibss->fixed_channel)
@@ -517,8 +522,9 @@
bssid = ifibss->bssid;
bss = (void *)cfg80211_get_bss(local->hw.wiphy, chan, bssid,
ifibss->ssid, ifibss->ssid_len,
- WLAN_CAPABILITY_IBSS,
- WLAN_CAPABILITY_IBSS);
+ capability,
+ WLAN_CAPABILITY_IBSS |
+ WLAN_CAPABILITY_PRIVACY);
#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_IBSS_DEBUG
if (bss)