Return-path: Received: from wolverine02.qualcomm.com ([199.106.114.251]:15689 "EHLO wolverine02.qualcomm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752528Ab3JHSz5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Oct 2013 14:55:57 -0400 From: Kalle Valo To: Michal Kazior CC: , Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath10k: fix station authorization References: <1380875428-20899-1-git-send-email-michal.kazior@tieto.com> Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 21:55:52 +0300 In-Reply-To: <1380875428-20899-1-git-send-email-michal.kazior@tieto.com> (Michal Kazior's message of "Fri, 4 Oct 2013 10:30:28 +0200") Message-ID: <8761t7sibr.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> (sfid-20131008_205603_181870_7477800A) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Michal Kazior writes: > Peer authorization should be delayed until > mac80211 says given station has transitioned into > authorized state. > > The state is propagated from mac80211 for both > open and protected networks. > > This should prevent data traffic to/from given > station until authorization completes. Until now > it was probably possible for unauthorized traffic > to pass leading to possible security issues. > > Signed-off-by: Michal Kazior Thanks, applied. -- Kalle Valo