kernel/linux.git/net/mac80211/rx.c, branch v7.0.10

wifi: mac80211: drop stray 'static' from fast-RX rx_result

2026-05-14T13:31:03+00:00

commit 7a5b81e0c87a075afd572f659d8eb68c9c4cd2ba upstream. ieee80211_invoke_fast_rx() is documented as safe for parallel RX, but its per-invocation rx_result is declared static. Concurrent callers then share one instance and can overwrite each other's result between ieee80211_rx_mesh_data() and the switch on res. That can make a packet that was queued or consumed by ieee80211_rx_mesh_data() fall through into ieee80211_rx_8023(), or make a packet that should continue return as queued. Make res an automatic variable so each invocation keeps its own result. Fixes: 3468e1e0c639 ("wifi: mac80211: add mesh fast-rx support") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Catherine Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260424131435.83212-2-enderaoelyther@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

wifi: mac80211: Add eMLSR/eMLMR action frame parsing support

2026-02-02T09:11:18+00:00

Introduce support in AP mode for parsing of the Operating Mode Notification frame sent by the client to enable/disable MLO eMLSR or eMLMR if supported by both the AP and the client. Add drv_set_eml_op_mode mac80211 callback in order to configure underlay driver with eMLSR/eMLMR info. Tested-by: Christian Marangi Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260129-mac80211-emlsr-v4-1-14bdadf57380@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211: add initial UHR support

2026-02-02T09:11:08+00:00

Add support for making UHR connections and accepting AP stations with UHR support. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260130164259.7185980484eb.Ieec940b58dbf8115dab7e1e24cb5513f52c8cb2f@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211: use u64_stats_t with u64_stats_sync properly

2026-01-27T12:43:49+00:00

On 64bit arches, struct u64_stats_sync is empty and provides no help against load/store tearing. Convert to u64_stats_t to ensure atomic operations. Signed-off-by: David Yang Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260123203845.2915525-1-mmyangfl@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211: remove RX_DROP

2026-01-19T09:21:47+00:00

Since it's hard to figure out what RX_DROP means when looking at traces that drop packets in mac80211, add more specific drop reasons and remove RX_DROP entirely. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260116092025.79d995e87026.I7cde413988f7a382c551cd1c1e2b05a52ec71755@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211: add support for encryption/decryption of (Re)Association frames

2026-01-14T13:55:38+00:00

Currently, mac80211 does not encrypt or decrypt (Re)Association frames (Request and Response) because temporal keys are not yet available at that stage. With extensions from IEEE P802.11bi, e.g. EPPKE, temporal keys can be established before association. This enables the encryption and decryption of (Re)Association Request/Response frames. Add support to unset the IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_DONT_ENCRYPT flag when the peer is marked as an Enhanced Privacy Protection (EPP) peer and encryption keys are available for the connection in non-AP STA mode, allowing secure transmission of (Re)Association Request frames. Drop unprotected (Re)Association Request/Response frames received from an EPP peer. Co-developed-by: Sai Pratyusha Magam Signed-off-by: Sai Pratyusha Magam Signed-off-by: Kavita Kavita Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260114111900.2196941-9-kavita.kavita@oss.qualcomm.com [remove useless parentheses] Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211: Discard Beacon frames to non-broadcast address

2025-12-16T09:18:00+00:00

Beacon frames are required to be sent to the broadcast address, see IEEE Std 802.11-2020, 11.1.3.1 ("The Address 1 field of the Beacon .. frame shall be set to the broadcast address"). A unicast Beacon frame might be used as a targeted attack to get one of the associated STAs to do something (e.g., using CSA to move it to another channel). As such, it is better have strict filtering for this on the received side and discard all Beacon frames that are sent to an unexpected address. This is even more important for cases where beacon protection is used. The current implementation in mac80211 is correctly discarding unicast Beacon frames if the Protected Frame bit in the Frame Control field is set to 0. However, if that bit is set to 1, the logic used for checking for configured BIGTK(s) does not actually work. If the driver does not have logic for dropping unicast Beacon frames with Protected Frame bit 1, these frames would be accepted in mac80211 processing as valid Beacon frames even though they are not protected. This would allow beacon protection to be bypassed. While the logic for checking beacon protection could be extended to cover this corner case, a more generic check for discard all Beacon frames based on A1=unicast address covers this without needing additional changes. Address all these issues by dropping received Beacon frames if they are sent to a non-broadcast address. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: af2d14b01c32 ("mac80211: Beacon protection using the new BIGTK (STA)") Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251215151134.104501-1-jouni.malinen@oss.qualcomm.com Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

wifi: mac80211: refactor CMAC packet handlers

2025-11-20T10:56:19+00:00

Merge CMAC-128 and CMAC-256 handlers since they are almost the same. This removes duplication. The comment 'MIC = AES-128-CMAC(IGTK, AAD ...' is out-dated since CMAC is also used with BIGTK, as is the comment for CMAC-256. Simply remove the comments. Tested-on: mac80211_hwsim Signed-off-by: Chien Wong Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251113140511.48658-6-m@xv97.com Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg

Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net

2025-11-13T20:35:38+00:00

Cross-merge networking fixes after downstream PR (net-6.18-rc6). No conflicts, adjacent changes in: drivers/net/phy/micrel.c 96a9178a29a6 ("net: phy: micrel: lan8814 fix reset of the QSGMII interface") 61b7ade9ba8c ("net: phy: micrel: Add support for non PTP SKUs for lan8814") and a trivial one in tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/Makefile. Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

wifi: mac80211: skip rate verification for not captured PSDUs

2025-11-11T08:25:17+00:00

If for example the sniffer did not follow any AIDs in an MU frame, then some of the information may not be filled in or is even expected to be invalid. As an example, in that case it is expected that Nss is zero. Fixes: 2ff5e52e7836 ("radiotap: add 0-length PSDU "not captured" type") Signed-off-by: Benjamin Berg Signed-off-by: Miri Korenblit Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251110142554.83a2858ee15b.I9f78ce7984872f474722f9278691ae16378f0a3e@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg