linux-stable.git/drivers/net/wireless, branch v3.4.76 Linux kernel stable tree rtlwifi: pci: Fix oops on driver unload 2014-01-08T17:42:12+00:00 Larry Finger Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net 2013-12-11T23:13:10+00:00 1005954e40d50fbbbf48bd3c7fe4942f42f26f75 commit 9278db6279e28d4d433bc8a848e10b4ece8793ed upstream. On Fedora systems, unloading rtl8192ce causes an oops. This patch fixes the problem reported at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=852761. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit 9278db6279e28d4d433bc8a848e10b4ece8793ed upstream.

On Fedora systems, unloading rtl8192ce causes an oops. This patch fixes the
problem reported at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=852761.

Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
ath9k_htc: properly set MAC address and BSSID mask 2014-01-08T17:42:11+00:00 Mathy Vanhoef vanhoefm@gmail.com 2013-11-28T11:21:45+00:00 7110adb76087508116e4ce1496b8ca7a57e2d85d commit 657eb17d87852c42b55c4b06d5425baa08b2ddb3 upstream. Pick the MAC address of the first virtual interface as the new hardware MAC address. Set BSSID mask according to this MAC address. This fixes CVE-2013-4579. Signed-off-by: Mathy Vanhoef <vanhoefm@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit 657eb17d87852c42b55c4b06d5425baa08b2ddb3 upstream.

Pick the MAC address of the first virtual interface as the new hardware MAC
address. Set BSSID mask according to this MAC address. This fixes CVE-2013-4579.

Signed-off-by: Mathy Vanhoef <vanhoefm@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
ath9k: Fix interrupt handling for the AR9002 family 2014-01-08T17:42:11+00:00 Sujith Manoharan c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com 2013-12-16T01:34:59+00:00 07632d5ce9517f0b75e4b0dbd56040072fe8bf06 commit 73f0b56a1ff64e7fb6c3a62088804bab93bcedc2 upstream. This patch adds a driver workaround for a HW issue. A race condition in the HW results in missing interrupts, which can be avoided by a read/write with the ISR register. All chips in the AR9002 series are affected by this bug - AR9003 and above do not have this problem. Cc: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit 73f0b56a1ff64e7fb6c3a62088804bab93bcedc2 upstream.

This patch adds a driver workaround for a HW issue.

A race condition in the HW results in missing interrupts,
which can be avoided by a read/write with the ISR register.
All chips in the AR9002 series are affected by this bug - AR9003
and above do not have this problem.

Cc: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
prism54: set netdev type to "wlan" 2013-12-04T18:50:32+00:00 Dan Williams dcbw@redhat.com 2013-11-08T19:39:44+00:00 230ab9dec1640dabf4c7932cfc626e51a844a6b6 commit 8e3ffa471091c560deb6738ed9ab7445b7a5fd04 upstream. Userspace uses the netdev devtype for stuff like device naming and type detection. Be nice and set it. Remove the pointless #if/#endif around SET_NETDEV_DEV too. Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit 8e3ffa471091c560deb6738ed9ab7445b7a5fd04 upstream.

Userspace uses the netdev devtype for stuff like device naming and type
detection.  Be nice and set it.  Remove the pointless #if/#endif around
SET_NETDEV_DEV too.

Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
mwifiex: correct packet length for packets from SDIO interface 2013-12-04T18:50:31+00:00 Avinash Patil patila@marvell.com 2013-11-05T23:01:44+00:00 d4bb402d7bda612a91235444dd4cf29b464f8eec commit d03b4aa77e1187b77dfe37d14a923547f00baa66 upstream. While receiving a packet on SDIO interface, we allocate skb with size multiple of SDIO block size. We need to resize this skb after RX using packet length from RX header. Signed-off-by: Avinash Patil <patila@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao <bzhao@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit d03b4aa77e1187b77dfe37d14a923547f00baa66 upstream.

While receiving a packet on SDIO interface, we allocate skb with
size multiple of SDIO block size. We need to resize this skb
after RX using packet length from RX header.

Signed-off-by: Avinash Patil <patila@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao <bzhao@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
rt2400pci: fix RSSI read 2013-12-04T18:50:31+00:00 Stanislaw Gruszka stf_xl@wp.pl 2013-10-15T12:28:48+00:00 b725146ee9fed4d4c19ae5a6b028d5e856730454 commit 2bf127a5cc372b9319afcbae10b090663b621c8b upstream. RSSI value is provided on word3 not on word2. Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@wp.pl> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit 2bf127a5cc372b9319afcbae10b090663b621c8b upstream.

RSSI value is provided on word3 not on word2.

Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@wp.pl>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Fix incorrect signal strength for unassociated AP 2013-12-04T18:50:30+00:00 Larry Finger Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net 2013-11-05T21:15:29+00:00 dca32a77c5eb1d824e36e459c52a4a4b1901d39a commit 78dbfecb95be4635b995af3bd29fa10013409fcd upstream. The routine that processes received frames was returning the RSSI value for the signal strength; however, that value is available only for associated APs. As a result, the strength was the absurd value of 10 dBm. As a result, scans return incorrect values for the strength, which causes unwanted attempts to roam. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit 78dbfecb95be4635b995af3bd29fa10013409fcd upstream.

The routine that processes received frames was returning the RSSI value for the
signal strength; however, that value is available only for associated APs. As
a result, the strength was the absurd value of 10 dBm. As a result, scans
return incorrect values for the strength, which causes unwanted attempts to roam.

Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
rtlwifi: rtl8192se: Fix incorrect signal strength for unassociated AP 2013-12-04T18:50:30+00:00 Larry Finger Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net 2013-11-05T21:15:28+00:00 f59cbdcad5f381475da99c2fbc719d5839dd2fcc commit b4ade797668e33b4e8353c2701ce01d7084dfafa upstream. The routine that processes received frames was returning the RSSI value for the signal strength; however, that value is available only for associated APs. As a result, the strength was the absurd value of 10 dBm. As a result, scans return incorrect values for the strength, which causes unwanted attempts to roam. This patch fixes https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63881. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Reported-by: Matthieu Baerts <matttbe@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit b4ade797668e33b4e8353c2701ce01d7084dfafa upstream.

The routine that processes received frames was returning the RSSI value for the
signal strength; however, that value is available only for associated APs. As
a result, the strength was the absurd value of 10 dBm. As a result, scans
return incorrect values for the strength, which causes unwanted attempts to roam.

This patch fixes https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63881.

Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Reported-by: Matthieu Baerts <matttbe@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
rtlwifi: rtl8192de: Fix incorrect signal strength for unassociated AP 2013-12-04T18:50:30+00:00 Larry Finger Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net 2013-11-05T21:15:30+00:00 80c82f6f9ed328afd7cb183e51626afc348af4b7 commit 3545f3d5f4af715c914394123ce7725a9cf0a1c4 upstream. The routine that processes received frames was returning the RSSI value for the signal strength; however, that value is available only for associated APs. As a result, the strength was the absurd value of 10 dBm. As a result, scans return incorrect values for the strength, which causes unwanted attempts to roam. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit 3545f3d5f4af715c914394123ce7725a9cf0a1c4 upstream.

The routine that processes received frames was returning the RSSI value for the
signal strength; however, that value is available only for associated APs. As
a result, the strength was the absurd value of 10 dBm. As a result, scans
return incorrect values for the strength, which causes unwanted attempts to roam.

Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Fix more pointer arithmetic errors 2013-12-04T18:50:15+00:00 Larry Finger Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net 2013-11-11T04:11:16+00:00 4b2162b7f846b9b4326734e305138137ae3491d3 commit eafbdde9c5629bea58df07275c5917eb42afbbe7 upstream. This driver uses a number of macros to get and set various fields in the RX and TX descriptors. To work correctly, a u8 pointer to the descriptor must be used; however, in some cases a descriptor structure pointer is used instead. In addition, a duplicated statement is removed. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Reported-by: Mark Cave-Ayland <mark.cave-ayland@ilande.co.uk> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit eafbdde9c5629bea58df07275c5917eb42afbbe7 upstream.

This driver uses a number of macros to get and set various fields in the
RX and TX descriptors. To work correctly, a u8 pointer to the descriptor
must be used; however, in some cases a descriptor structure pointer is used
instead. In addition, a duplicated statement is removed.

Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Reported-by: Mark Cave-Ayland <mark.cave-ayland@ilande.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>