2008-11-26 22:18:19

by Fabio Rossi

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Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: accept empty strings for hidden SSIDs

Some access points (e.g. Sitecom WL-174) use an empty string as hidden SSID.

Signed-off-by: Fabio Rossi <[email protected]>
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diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index 88b0b4d..dc59f76 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -2023,7 +2023,7 @@ static int ieee80211_sta_match_ssid(struct ieee80211_if_sta *ifsta,
}
}

- if (hidden_ssid && ifsta->ssid_len == ssid_len)
+ if (hidden_ssid && (ifsta->ssid_len == ssid_len || ssid_len == 0))
return 1;

if (ssid_len == 1 && ssid[0] == ' ')