Return-path: Received: from paleale.coelho.fi ([176.9.41.70]:44376 "EHLO farmhouse.coelho.fi" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751036AbdHRMbv (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Aug 2017 08:31:51 -0400 From: Luca Coelho To: johannes@sipsolutions.net Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Emmanuel Grumbach , Luca Coelho Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 15:31:41 +0300 Message-Id: <20170818123141.19253-1-luca@coelho.fi> (sfid-20170818_143155_090387_2CAAEA7B) In-Reply-To: <20170815082807.22055-1-emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com> References: <20170815082807.22055-1-emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com> Subject: [PATCH v4 12/19] nl80211: add an option to allow MFP without requiring it Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Emmanuel Grumbach The user space can now allow the kernel to associate to an AP that requires MFP or that doesn't have MFP enabled in the same NL80211_CMD_CONNECT command, by using a new NL80211_MFP_OPTIONAL flag. The driver / firmware will decide whether to use it or not. Include a feature bit to advertise support for NL80211_MFP_OPTIONAL. This allows new user space to run on old kernels and know that it cannot use the new attribute if it isn't supported. Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho --- v2: * add a feature flag * fix the comment of NL80211_MFP_OPTIONAL as pointed out by Igor v3: check the feature flag v4: return -EOPNOTSUPP if OPTIONAL is set but not supported by the driver (internal review) include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 13 +++++++++++-- net/wireless/nl80211.c | 8 +++++++- 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h index 76404d8a8863..59ba6ca66a0d 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h @@ -1407,8 +1407,12 @@ enum nl80211_commands { * * @NL80211_ATTR_USE_MFP: Whether management frame protection (IEEE 802.11w) is * used for the association (&enum nl80211_mfp, represented as a u32); - * this attribute can be used - * with %NL80211_CMD_ASSOCIATE and %NL80211_CMD_CONNECT requests + * this attribute can be used with %NL80211_CMD_ASSOCIATE and + * %NL80211_CMD_CONNECT requests. %NL80211_MFP_OPTIONAL is not allowed for + * %NL80211_CMD_ASSOCIATE since user space SME is expected and hence, it + * must have decided whether to use management frame protection or not. + * Setting %NL80211_MFP_OPTIONAL with a %NL80211_CMD_CONNECT request will + * let the driver (or the firmware) decide whether to use MFP or not. * * @NL80211_ATTR_STA_FLAGS2: Attribute containing a * &struct nl80211_sta_flag_update. @@ -3947,10 +3951,12 @@ enum nl80211_key_type { * enum nl80211_mfp - Management frame protection state * @NL80211_MFP_NO: Management frame protection not used * @NL80211_MFP_REQUIRED: Management frame protection required + * @NL80211_MFP_OPTIONAL: Management frame protection is optional */ enum nl80211_mfp { NL80211_MFP_NO, NL80211_MFP_REQUIRED, + NL80211_MFP_OPTIONAL, }; enum nl80211_wpa_versions { @@ -4923,6 +4929,8 @@ enum nl80211_feature_flags { * the first probe request in each channel at rate of at least 5.5Mbps. * @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_OCE_PROBE_REQ_DEFERRAL_SUPPRESSION: Driver supports * probe request tx deferral and suppression + * @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_MFP_OPTIONAL: Driver supports the %NL80211_MFP_OPTIONAL + * value in %NL80211_ATTR_USE_MFP. * * @NUM_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES: number of extended features. * @MAX_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES: highest extended feature index. @@ -4949,6 +4957,7 @@ enum nl80211_ext_feature_index { NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_ACCEPT_BCAST_PROBE_RESP, NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_OCE_PROBE_REQ_HIGH_TX_RATE, NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_OCE_PROBE_REQ_DEFERRAL_SUPPRESSION, + NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_MFP_OPTIONAL, /* add new features before the definition below */ NUM_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES, diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c index d57abdfa60da..8ed9ef40bbee 100644 --- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c +++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c @@ -8948,8 +8948,14 @@ static int nl80211_connect(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_USE_MFP]) { connect.mfp = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_USE_MFP]); + if (connect.mfp == NL80211_MFP_OPTIONAL && + !wiphy_ext_feature_isset(&rdev->wiphy, + NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_MFP_OPTIONAL)) + return -EOPNOTSUPP; + if (connect.mfp != NL80211_MFP_REQUIRED && - connect.mfp != NL80211_MFP_NO) + connect.mfp != NL80211_MFP_NO && + connect.mfp != NL80211_MFP_OPTIONAL) return -EINVAL; } else { connect.mfp = NL80211_MFP_NO; -- 2.14.1