Return-path: Received: from mail-vw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.212.46]:42041 "EHLO mail-vw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932458Ab0FEHVb convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Jun 2010 03:21:31 -0400 Received: by mail-vw0-f46.google.com with SMTP id 5so736549vws.19 for ; Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:21:30 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <1275642369-5024-1-git-send-email-vnatarajan@atheros.com> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 00:21:10 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [stable][PATCH] ath9k: Avoid corrupt frames being forwarded to mac80211. To: Vivek Natarajan Cc: greg@kroah.com, stable@kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Ranga Rao Ravuri Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 12:20 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 12:20 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: >> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 2:06 AM, Vivek Natarajan wrote: >>> If bit 29 is set, MAC H/W can attempt to decrypt the received aggregate >>> with WEP or TKIP, eventhough the received frame may be a CRC failed >>> corrupted frame. If this bit is set, H/W obeys key type in keycache. >>> If it is not set and if the key type in keycache is neither open nor >>> AES, H/W forces key type to be open.  But bit 29 should be set to 1 >>> for AsyncFIFO feature to encrypt/decrypt the aggregate with WEP or TKIP. >>> >>> Reported-by: Johan Hovold >>> Signed-off-by: Vivek Natarajan >>> Signed-off-by: Ranga Rao Ravuri >>> --- >>> Applies on top of 2.6.33 and 2.6.34 >> >> You need to Cc: stable@kernel.org on the commit log. > > Does 2.6.32 not have this issue? If not, why not? Luis