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| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/wireless/nl80211.c | 16 |
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h index 56368e9b4622..d3cbe48b286d 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h @@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ * @NL80211_CMD_GET_SCAN: get scan results * @NL80211_CMD_TRIGGER_SCAN: trigger a new scan with the given parameters * %NL80211_ATTR_TX_NO_CCK_RATE is used to decide whether to send the - * probe requests at CCK rate or not. %NL80211_ATTR_MAC can be used to + * probe requests at CCK rate or not. %NL80211_ATTR_BSSID can be used to * specify a BSSID to scan for; if not included, the wildcard BSSID will * be used. * @NL80211_CMD_NEW_SCAN_RESULTS: scan notification (as a reply to @@ -1937,6 +1937,9 @@ enum nl80211_commands { * @NL80211_ATTR_NAN_MATCH: used to report a match. This is a nested attribute. * See &enum nl80211_nan_match_attributes. * + * @NL80211_ATTR_BSSID: The BSSID of the AP. Note that %NL80211_ATTR_MAC is also + * used in various commands/events for specifying the BSSID. + * * @NUM_NL80211_ATTR: total number of nl80211_attrs available * @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined * @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use @@ -2336,6 +2339,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs { NL80211_ATTR_NAN_FUNC, NL80211_ATTR_NAN_MATCH, + NL80211_ATTR_BSSID, + /* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */ __NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST, diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c index c510810f0b7c..a2dd6edaae37 100644 --- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c +++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c @@ -414,6 +414,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy nl80211_policy[NUM_NL80211_ATTR] = { [NL80211_ATTR_NAN_MASTER_PREF] = { .type = NLA_U8 }, [NL80211_ATTR_NAN_DUAL] = { .type = NLA_U8 }, [NL80211_ATTR_NAN_FUNC] = { .type = NLA_NESTED }, + [NL80211_ATTR_BSSID] = { .len = ETH_ALEN }, }; /* policy for the key attributes */ @@ -6677,7 +6678,20 @@ static int nl80211_trigger_scan(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) request->no_cck = nla_get_flag(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_TX_NO_CCK_RATE]); - if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_MAC]) + /* Initial implementation used NL80211_ATTR_MAC to set the specific + * BSSID to scan for. This was problematic because that same attribute + * was already used for another purpose (local random MAC address). The + * NL80211_ATTR_BSSID attribute was added to fix this. For backwards + * compatibility with older userspace components, also use the + * NL80211_ATTR_MAC value here if it can be determined to be used for + * the specific BSSID use case instead of the random MAC address + * (NL80211_ATTR_SCAN_FLAGS is used to enable random MAC address use). + */ + if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_BSSID]) + memcpy(request->bssid, + nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_BSSID]), ETH_ALEN); + else if (!(request->flags & NL80211_SCAN_FLAG_RANDOM_ADDR) && + info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_MAC]) memcpy(request->bssid, nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_MAC]), ETH_ALEN); else |