2012-12-10 10:22:58

by Antonio Quartulli

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Subject: [PATCH 1/2] cfg80211: add the new IBSS_STA event

In IBSS mode it could be the case that a station being added
is not ready for starting higher level routines (e.g. key
exchange when IBSS/RSN is enabled). In particular, this can
happen when we are waiting for the AUTH response message.

This IBSS_STA event is triggered after the NEW_STA one and
only when the upper layer is allowed to assume that the new
peer is ready

Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <[email protected]>
---

This patchset fixes an incorrect state handling in the IBSS/RSN
"cooperation" between kernel and userspace.
It would probably be more appropriate to create a much general
event signaling mechanism (e.g. trigger an event each time a
station changes its internal state), but at the moment it is
much more important to fix the issue. Re-engineering can be
done later and with a proper idea.

I'm not sending this to mac80211 because I don't think it would
make it for this kernel release.

Cheers,


include/net/cfg80211.h | 8 ++++++++
include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 2 ++
net/wireless/mlme.c | 9 +++++++++
net/wireless/nl80211.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
net/wireless/nl80211.h | 3 +++
5 files changed, 55 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/net/cfg80211.h b/include/net/cfg80211.h
index 8e6a6b7..3266c03 100644
--- a/include/net/cfg80211.h
+++ b/include/net/cfg80211.h
@@ -3497,6 +3497,14 @@ void cfg80211_new_sta(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *mac_addr,
struct station_info *sinfo, gfp_t gfp);

/**
+ * cfg80211_ibss_sta - notify userspace that the ibss station is ready
+ * @dev: the netdev
+ * @mac_addr: the station's address
+ * @gfp: allocation flags
+ */
+void cfg80211_ibss_sta(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *mac_addr, gfp_t gfp);
+
+/**
* cfg80211_del_sta - notify userspace about deletion of a station
*
* @dev: the netdev
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index e3e19f8..7e0911e 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -736,6 +736,8 @@ enum nl80211_commands {

NL80211_CMD_SET_MCAST_RATE,

+ NL80211_CMD_IBSS_STATION,
+
/* add new commands above here */

/* used to define NL80211_CMD_MAX below */
diff --git a/net/wireless/mlme.c b/net/wireless/mlme.c
index 5e8123e..f9493fc 100644
--- a/net/wireless/mlme.c
+++ b/net/wireless/mlme.c
@@ -612,6 +612,15 @@ void cfg80211_new_sta(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *mac_addr,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfg80211_new_sta);

+void cfg80211_ibss_sta(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *mac_addr, gfp_t gfp)
+{
+ struct wiphy *wiphy = dev->ieee80211_ptr->wiphy;
+ struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev = wiphy_to_dev(wiphy);
+
+ nl80211_send_ibss_sta_event(rdev, dev, mac_addr, gfp);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cfg80211_ibss_sta);
+
void cfg80211_del_sta(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *mac_addr, gfp_t gfp)
{
struct wiphy *wiphy = dev->ieee80211_ptr->wiphy;
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index f45706a..2d27911 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -8564,6 +8564,39 @@ void nl80211_send_sta_event(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
nl80211_mlme_mcgrp.id, gfp);
}

+void nl80211_send_ibss_sta_event(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
+ struct net_device *dev, const u8 *mac_addr,
+ gfp_t gfp)
+{
+ struct sk_buff *msg;
+ void *hdr;
+
+ msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, gfp);
+ if (!msg)
+ return;
+
+ hdr = nl80211hdr_put(msg, 0, 0, 0, NL80211_CMD_IBSS_STATION);
+ if (!hdr) {
+ nlmsg_free(msg);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (nla_put_u32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX, dev->ifindex) ||
+ nla_put(msg, NL80211_ATTR_MAC, ETH_ALEN, mac_addr))
+ goto nla_put_failure;
+
+ genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+
+ genlmsg_multicast_netns(wiphy_net(&rdev->wiphy), msg, 0,
+ nl80211_mlme_mcgrp.id, gfp);
+ return;
+
+ nla_put_failure:
+ genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr);
+ nlmsg_free(msg);
+}
+
+
void nl80211_send_sta_del_event(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
struct net_device *dev, const u8 *mac_addr,
gfp_t gfp)
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.h b/net/wireless/nl80211.h
index 2acba84..429f5d6 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.h
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.h
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ void nl80211_send_remain_on_channel_cancel(
void nl80211_send_sta_event(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
struct net_device *dev, const u8 *mac_addr,
struct station_info *sinfo, gfp_t gfp);
+void nl80211_send_ibss_sta_event(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
+ struct net_device *dev, const u8 *mac_addr,
+ gfp_t gfp);
void nl80211_send_sta_del_event(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
struct net_device *dev, const u8 *mac_addr,
gfp_t gfp);
--
1.8.0



2012-12-10 10:50:43

by Antonio Quartulli

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: in AD-HOC mode wait for the AUTH response

On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 11:43:15 +0100, Nicolas Cavallari wrote:
> > - if (auth && !sdata->u.ibss.auth_frame_registrations) {
> > + if (!sdata->u.ibss.auth_frame_registrations) {
> > ibss_dbg(sdata,
> > "TX Auth SA=%pM DA=%pM BSSID=%pM (auth_transaction=1)\n",
> > sdata->vif.addr, addr, sdata->u.ibss.bssid);
>
> If userspace registered for auth frames, then we shouldn't wait for auth responses,
> as this code will never see them.
>

Correct. I think in this case the station should immediately be authenticated in
this point using an else branch.

> I'm also curious about compatibility with the current wpa_supplicant which does not know
> about that new event.

Yeah. A patch has already been prepared, I'll send it once this patchset gets
accepted.

Thank you for reviewing!
Cheers,

--
Antonio Quartulli

..each of us alone is worth nothing..
Ernesto "Che" Guevara


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2012-12-10 10:43:17

by Nicolas Cavallari

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: in AD-HOC mode wait for the AUTH response

On 10/12/2012 11:21, Antonio Quartulli wrote:
> To prevent race conditions between kernel state and
> user-space application knowledge, it is better to wait for
> a new peer to be completely authenticated before telling the
> userspace that it is ready to start authorization
> (IBSS/RSN).
>
> Use the IBSS_STA event to tell userspace when a station is
> authenticated and ready.
>
> It could still be the case that the other node joining the
> AD-HOC cell does not implement AUTH messages exchange,
> therefore a fallback mechanism will authenticate the peer
> after a timeout set for the purpose expires
>
> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <[email protected]>
> ---
> net/mac80211/ibss.c | 97 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
> net/mac80211/sta_info.h | 2 +
> 2 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/mac80211/ibss.c b/net/mac80211/ibss.c
> index 700d0ed..9a11ec3 100644
> --- a/net/mac80211/ibss.c
> +++ b/net/mac80211/ibss.c
> @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
>
> #define IEEE80211_IBSS_MERGE_INTERVAL (30 * HZ)
> #define IEEE80211_IBSS_INACTIVITY_LIMIT (60 * HZ)
> +#define IEEE80211_IBSS_AUTH_TIMEOUT (HZ / 2)
>
> #define IEEE80211_IBSS_MAX_STA_ENTRIES 128
>
> @@ -273,8 +274,7 @@ static void ieee80211_sta_join_ibss(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
> false);
> }
>
> -static struct sta_info *ieee80211_ibss_finish_sta(struct sta_info *sta,
> - bool auth)
> +static struct sta_info *ieee80211_ibss_finish_sta(struct sta_info *sta)
> __acquires(RCU)
> {
> struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = sta->sdata;
> @@ -284,19 +284,12 @@ static struct sta_info *ieee80211_ibss_finish_sta(struct sta_info *sta,
>
> ibss_dbg(sdata, "Adding new IBSS station %pM\n", addr);
>
> - sta_info_pre_move_state(sta, IEEE80211_STA_AUTH);
> - sta_info_pre_move_state(sta, IEEE80211_STA_ASSOC);
> - /* authorize the station only if the network is not RSN protected. If
> - * not wait for the userspace to authorize it */
> - if (!sta->sdata->u.ibss.control_port)
> - sta_info_pre_move_state(sta, IEEE80211_STA_AUTHORIZED);
> -
> rate_control_rate_init(sta);
>
> /* If it fails, maybe we raced another insertion? */
> if (sta_info_insert_rcu(sta))
> return sta_info_get(sdata, addr);
> - if (auth && !sdata->u.ibss.auth_frame_registrations) {
> + if (!sdata->u.ibss.auth_frame_registrations) {
> ibss_dbg(sdata,
> "TX Auth SA=%pM DA=%pM BSSID=%pM (auth_transaction=1)\n",
> sdata->vif.addr, addr, sdata->u.ibss.bssid);

If userspace registered for auth frames, then we shouldn't wait for auth responses,
as this code will never see them.

I'm also curious about compatibility with the current wpa_supplicant which does not know
about that new event.

2012-12-10 10:22:59

by Antonio Quartulli

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Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: in AD-HOC mode wait for the AUTH response

To prevent race conditions between kernel state and
user-space application knowledge, it is better to wait for
a new peer to be completely authenticated before telling the
userspace that it is ready to start authorization
(IBSS/RSN).

Use the IBSS_STA event to tell userspace when a station is
authenticated and ready.

It could still be the case that the other node joining the
AD-HOC cell does not implement AUTH messages exchange,
therefore a fallback mechanism will authenticate the peer
after a timeout set for the purpose expires

Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <[email protected]>
---
net/mac80211/ibss.c | 97 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
net/mac80211/sta_info.h | 2 +
2 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/ibss.c b/net/mac80211/ibss.c
index 700d0ed..9a11ec3 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ibss.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/ibss.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@

#define IEEE80211_IBSS_MERGE_INTERVAL (30 * HZ)
#define IEEE80211_IBSS_INACTIVITY_LIMIT (60 * HZ)
+#define IEEE80211_IBSS_AUTH_TIMEOUT (HZ / 2)

#define IEEE80211_IBSS_MAX_STA_ENTRIES 128

@@ -273,8 +274,7 @@ static void ieee80211_sta_join_ibss(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
false);
}

-static struct sta_info *ieee80211_ibss_finish_sta(struct sta_info *sta,
- bool auth)
+static struct sta_info *ieee80211_ibss_finish_sta(struct sta_info *sta)
__acquires(RCU)
{
struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = sta->sdata;
@@ -284,19 +284,12 @@ static struct sta_info *ieee80211_ibss_finish_sta(struct sta_info *sta,

ibss_dbg(sdata, "Adding new IBSS station %pM\n", addr);

- sta_info_pre_move_state(sta, IEEE80211_STA_AUTH);
- sta_info_pre_move_state(sta, IEEE80211_STA_ASSOC);
- /* authorize the station only if the network is not RSN protected. If
- * not wait for the userspace to authorize it */
- if (!sta->sdata->u.ibss.control_port)
- sta_info_pre_move_state(sta, IEEE80211_STA_AUTHORIZED);
-
rate_control_rate_init(sta);

/* If it fails, maybe we raced another insertion? */
if (sta_info_insert_rcu(sta))
return sta_info_get(sdata, addr);
- if (auth && !sdata->u.ibss.auth_frame_registrations) {
+ if (!sdata->u.ibss.auth_frame_registrations) {
ibss_dbg(sdata,
"TX Auth SA=%pM DA=%pM BSSID=%pM (auth_transaction=1)\n",
sdata->vif.addr, addr, sdata->u.ibss.bssid);
@@ -309,7 +302,7 @@ static struct sta_info *ieee80211_ibss_finish_sta(struct sta_info *sta,
static struct sta_info *
ieee80211_ibss_add_sta(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
const u8 *bssid, const u8 *addr,
- u32 supp_rates, bool auth)
+ u32 supp_rates)
__acquires(RCU)
{
struct ieee80211_if_ibss *ifibss = &sdata->u.ibss;
@@ -358,7 +351,23 @@ ieee80211_ibss_add_sta(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
sta->sta.supp_rates[band] = supp_rates |
ieee80211_mandatory_rates(local, band);

- return ieee80211_ibss_finish_sta(sta, auth);
+ return ieee80211_ibss_finish_sta(sta);
+}
+
+static void ieee80211_ibss_auth_sta(struct sta_info *sta)
+{
+ if (sta->sta_state > IEEE80211_STA_NONE)
+ return;
+
+ sta_info_move_state(sta, IEEE80211_STA_AUTH);
+ sta_info_move_state(sta, IEEE80211_STA_ASSOC);
+ /* authorize the station only if the network is not RSN protected. If
+ * not wait for the userspace to authorize it
+ */
+ if (!sta->sdata->u.ibss.control_port)
+ sta_info_move_state(sta, IEEE80211_STA_AUTHORIZED);
+
+ cfg80211_ibss_sta(sta->sdata->dev, sta->sta.addr, GFP_KERNEL);
}

static void ieee80211_rx_mgmt_deauth_ibss(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
@@ -395,13 +404,36 @@ static void ieee80211_rx_mgmt_auth_ibss(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
"RX Auth SA=%pM DA=%pM BSSID=%pM (auth_transaction=%d)\n",
mgmt->sa, mgmt->da, mgmt->bssid, auth_transaction);

- if (auth_alg != WLAN_AUTH_OPEN || auth_transaction != 1)
+ if (auth_alg != WLAN_AUTH_OPEN)
return;

- sta_info_destroy_addr(sdata, mgmt->sa);
- sta = ieee80211_ibss_add_sta(sdata, mgmt->bssid, mgmt->sa, 0, false);
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ sta = sta_info_get(sdata, mgmt->sa);
rcu_read_unlock();

+ if (auth_transaction == 2) {
+ ibss_dbg(sdata, "Authenticating STA %pM\n", sta->sta.addr);
+ ieee80211_ibss_auth_sta(sta);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ /* drop bogus auth frames (auth_transaction can be only 1 or 2) */
+ if (auth_transaction != 1)
+ return;
+
+ if (sta && sdata->u.ibss.control_port &&
+ sta->sta_state == IEEE80211_STA_AUTHORIZED) {
+ ibss_dbg(sdata, "Resetting STA %pM state for IBSS Encryption\n",
+ sta->sta.addr);
+ sta_info_destroy_addr(sdata, mgmt->sa);
+ sta = NULL;
+ }
+
+ if (!sta) {
+ sta = ieee80211_ibss_add_sta(sdata, mgmt->bssid, mgmt->sa, 0);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ }
+
/*
* if we have any problem in allocating the new station, we reply with a
* DEAUTH frame to tell the other end that we had a problem
@@ -414,12 +446,16 @@ static void ieee80211_rx_mgmt_auth_ibss(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
return;
}

+ sta->last_auth = jiffies;
+
/*
* IEEE 802.11 standard does not require authentication in IBSS
* networks and most implementations do not seem to use it.
* However, try to reply to authentication attempts if someone
* has actually implemented this.
*/
+ ibss_dbg(sdata, "TX Auth SA=%pM DA=%pM BSSID=%pM (auth_transaction=2)\n",
+ sdata->vif.addr, mgmt->sa, sdata->u.ibss.bssid);
ieee80211_send_auth(sdata, 2, WLAN_AUTH_OPEN, 0, NULL, 0,
mgmt->sa, sdata->u.ibss.bssid, NULL, 0, 0);
}
@@ -481,7 +517,7 @@ static void ieee80211_rx_bss_info(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
} else {
rcu_read_unlock();
sta = ieee80211_ibss_add_sta(sdata, mgmt->bssid,
- mgmt->sa, supp_rates, true);
+ mgmt->sa, supp_rates);
}
}

@@ -592,7 +628,7 @@ static void ieee80211_rx_bss_info(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
ieee80211_sta_join_ibss(sdata, bss);
supp_rates = ieee80211_sta_get_rates(local, elems, band, NULL);
ieee80211_ibss_add_sta(sdata, mgmt->bssid, mgmt->sa,
- supp_rates, true);
+ supp_rates);
rcu_read_unlock();
}

@@ -675,6 +711,29 @@ static int ieee80211_sta_active_ibss(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
return active;
}

+static void ieee80211_ibss_auth_expire(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
+{
+ struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
+ struct sta_info *sta;
+
+ list_for_each_entry(sta, &local->sta_list, list) {
+ if (sdata != sta->sdata)
+ continue;
+
+ if (sta->sta_state > IEEE80211_STA_NONE)
+ continue;
+
+ if (time_after(jiffies,
+ sta->last_auth + IEEE80211_IBSS_AUTH_TIMEOUT)) {
+ ibss_dbg(sdata,
+ "Authenticating IBSS STA %pM by timeout\n",
+ sta->sta.addr);
+ ieee80211_ibss_auth_sta(sta);
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+
/*
* This function is called with state == IEEE80211_IBSS_MLME_JOINED
*/
@@ -688,6 +747,8 @@ static void ieee80211_sta_merge_ibss(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
mod_timer(&ifibss->timer,
round_jiffies(jiffies + IEEE80211_IBSS_MERGE_INTERVAL));

+ ieee80211_ibss_auth_expire(sdata);
+
ieee80211_sta_expire(sdata, IEEE80211_IBSS_INACTIVITY_LIMIT);

if (time_before(jiffies, ifibss->last_scan_completed +
@@ -976,7 +1037,7 @@ void ieee80211_ibss_work(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata)
list_del(&sta->list);
spin_unlock_bh(&ifibss->incomplete_lock);

- ieee80211_ibss_finish_sta(sta, true);
+ ieee80211_ibss_finish_sta(sta);
rcu_read_unlock();
spin_lock_bh(&ifibss->incomplete_lock);
}
diff --git a/net/mac80211/sta_info.h b/net/mac80211/sta_info.h
index 1489bca..3c150a4 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/sta_info.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/sta_info.h
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ struct sta_ampdu_mlme {
* @rx_bytes: Number of bytes received from this STA
* @wep_weak_iv_count: number of weak WEP IVs received from this station
* @last_rx: time (in jiffies) when last frame was received from this STA
+ * @last_auth: jiffies of last auth packet with seq = 1
* @last_connected: time (in seconds) when a station got connected
* @num_duplicates: number of duplicate frames received from this STA
* @rx_fragments: number of received MPDUs
@@ -324,6 +325,7 @@ struct sta_info {
unsigned long rx_packets, rx_bytes;
unsigned long wep_weak_iv_count;
unsigned long last_rx;
+ unsigned long last_auth;
long last_connected;
unsigned long num_duplicates;
unsigned long rx_fragments;
--
1.8.0