linux-stable.git/drivers/net/wireless, branch v3.9.8 Linux kernel stable tree carl9170: fix frame drop and WARN due to minstrel_ht change 2013-06-27T17:38:44+00:00 Christian Lamparter chunkeey@googlemail.com 2013-02-22T00:30:44+00:00 04778bad36603c0ced7f1540671de81e9b41ef0c commit 5f34608fa2acbfef5a06d0072a978c9943c28a2d upstream. With "mac80211/minstrel_ht: add support for using CCK rates" minstrel_ht selects legacy CCK rates as viable rates for outgoing frames which might be sent as part of an A-MPDU [IEEE80211_TX_CTL_AMPDU is set]. This behavior triggered the following WARN_ON in the driver: > WARNING: at carl9170/tx.c:995 carl9170_op_tx+0x1dd/0x6fd The driver assumed that the rate control algorithm made a mistake and dropped the frame. This patch removes the noisy warning altogether and allows said A-MPDU frames with CCK sample and/or fallback rates to be transmitted seamlessly. Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Cc: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit 5f34608fa2acbfef5a06d0072a978c9943c28a2d upstream.

With "mac80211/minstrel_ht: add support for using CCK rates"
minstrel_ht selects legacy CCK rates as viable rates for
outgoing frames which might be sent as part of an A-MPDU
[IEEE80211_TX_CTL_AMPDU is set].

This behavior triggered the following WARN_ON in the driver:
> WARNING: at carl9170/tx.c:995 carl9170_op_tx+0x1dd/0x6fd
The driver assumed that the rate control algorithm made a
mistake and dropped the frame.

This patch removes the noisy warning altogether and allows
said A-MPDU frames with CCK sample and/or fallback rates to
be transmitted seamlessly.

Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Cc: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
brcmfmac: Turn off ARP offloading when configured for AP. 2013-06-27T17:38:25+00:00 Hante Meuleman meuleman@broadcom.com 2013-05-27T19:09:53+00:00 d92e6a30702e4c2268e6793ccfcb1e2fa5562eb1 commit b3657453f16a7b84eab9b93bb9a9a2901ffc70af upstream. ARP offloading should only be used in STA or P2P client mode. It is currently configured once at init. When being configured for AP ARP offloading should be turned off and when AP mode is left it can be turned back on. Reviewed-by: Arend Van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: Hante Meuleman <meuleman@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit b3657453f16a7b84eab9b93bb9a9a2901ffc70af upstream.

ARP offloading should only be used in STA or P2P client mode. It
is currently configured once at init. When being configured for AP
ARP offloading should be turned off and when AP mode is left it can
be turned back on.

Reviewed-by: Arend Van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Hante Meuleman <meuleman@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Fix problem in connecting to WEP or WPA(1) networks 2013-06-27T17:38:25+00:00 Larry Finger Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net 2013-05-30T23:05:55+00:00 e8eff5bf73956bd2965978c6a97a8ff99465a66a commit 5b8df24e22e0b00b599cb9ae63dbb96e1959be30 upstream. Driver rtl8192cu can connect to WPA2 networks, but fails for any other encryption method. The cause is a failure to set the rate control data blocks. These changes fix https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952793 and https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761525. 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 5b8df24e22e0b00b599cb9ae63dbb96e1959be30 upstream.

Driver rtl8192cu can connect to WPA2 networks, but fails for any other
encryption method. The cause is a failure to set the rate control data
blocks. These changes fix https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952793
and https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761525.

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>
wl12xx: fix minimum required firmware version for wl127x multirole 2013-06-20T19:01:30+00:00 Luciano Coelho coelho@ti.com 2013-05-10T07:19:38+00:00 2977621c945f771688d6dc94a58763c6d080004b commit 60c28cf18f970e1c1bd40d615596eeab6efbd9d7 upstream. There was a typo in commit 8675f9 (wlcore/wl12xx/wl18xx: verify multi-role and single-role fw versions), which was causing the multirole firmware for wl127x (WiLink6) to be rejected. The actual minimum version needed for wl127x multirole is 6.5.7.0.42. Reported-by: Levi Pearson <levipearson@gmail.com> Reported-by: Michael Scott <hashcode0f@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Luciano Coelho <coelho@ti.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit 60c28cf18f970e1c1bd40d615596eeab6efbd9d7 upstream.

There was a typo in commit 8675f9 (wlcore/wl12xx/wl18xx: verify
multi-role and single-role fw versions), which was causing the
multirole firmware for wl127x (WiLink6) to be rejected.  The actual
minimum version needed for wl127x multirole is 6.5.7.0.42.

Reported-by: Levi Pearson <levipearson@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Michael Scott <hashcode0f@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Luciano Coelho <coelho@ti.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
ath9k: Use minstrel rate control by default 2013-06-20T19:01:29+00:00 Sujith Manoharan c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com 2013-06-06T04:36:29+00:00 e5ccf170714c26fbc135a8926d576d31595bb1f6 commit 5efac94999ff218e0101f67a059e44abb4b0b523 upstream. The ath9k rate control algorithm has various architectural issues that make it a poor fit in scenarios like congested environments etc. An example: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=927191 Change the default to minstrel which is more robust in such cases. The ath9k RC code is left in the driver for now, maybe it can be removed altogether later on. Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com> Cc: Jouni Malinen <jouni@qca.qualcomm.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit 5efac94999ff218e0101f67a059e44abb4b0b523 upstream.

The ath9k rate control algorithm has various architectural
issues that make it a poor fit in scenarios like congested
environments etc.

An example: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=927191

Change the default to minstrel which is more robust in such cases.
The ath9k RC code is left in the driver for now, maybe it can
be removed altogether later on.

Signed-off-by: Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com>
Cc: Jouni Malinen <jouni@qca.qualcomm.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Revert "ath9k_hw: Update rx gain initval to improve rx sensitivity" 2013-06-20T19:01:29+00:00 Felix Fietkau nbd@openwrt.org 2013-06-03T09:18:57+00:00 6aebd1e4af6dea065fb735201f0ab29c1103276c commit 96005931785238e1a24febf65ffb5016273e8225 upstream. This reverts commit 68d9e1fa24d9c7c2e527f49df8d18fb8cf0ec943 This change reduces rx sensitivity with no apparent extra benefit. It looks like it was meant for testing in a specific scenario, but it was never properly validated. Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org> Cc: rmanohar@qca.qualcomm.com Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit 96005931785238e1a24febf65ffb5016273e8225 upstream.

This reverts commit 68d9e1fa24d9c7c2e527f49df8d18fb8cf0ec943

This change reduces rx sensitivity with no apparent extra benefit.
It looks like it was meant for testing in a specific scenario,
but it was never properly validated.

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Cc: rmanohar@qca.qualcomm.com
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
ath9k: Disable PowerSave by default 2013-06-20T19:01:28+00:00 Sujith Manoharan c_manoha@qca.qualcomm.com 2013-06-01T01:38:09+00:00 7777c471687ebcc7f2ffef072fd31291247ea2fc commit 531671cb17af07281e6f28c1425f754346e65c41 upstream. Almost all the DMA issues which have plagued ath9k (in station mode) for years are related to PS. Disabling PS usually "fixes" the user's connection stablility. Reports of DMA problems are still trickling in and are sitting in the kernel bugzilla. Until the PS code in ath9k is given a thorough review, disbale it by default. The slight increase in chip power consumption is a small price to pay for improved link stability. 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 531671cb17af07281e6f28c1425f754346e65c41 upstream.

Almost all the DMA issues which have plagued ath9k (in station mode)
for years are related to PS. Disabling PS usually "fixes" the user's
connection stablility. Reports of DMA problems are still trickling in
and are sitting in the kernel bugzilla. Until the PS code in ath9k is
given a thorough review, disbale it by default. The slight increase
in chip power consumption is a small price to pay for improved link
stability.

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>
b43: stop format string leaking into error msgs 2013-06-20T19:01:27+00:00 Kees Cook keescook@chromium.org 2013-05-10T21:48:21+00:00 e8cc120c909edf7498b38f249ce375741951ca17 commit e0e29b683d6784ef59bbc914eac85a04b650e63c upstream. The module parameter "fwpostfix" is userspace controllable, unfiltered, and is used to define the firmware filename. b43_do_request_fw() populates ctx->errors[] on error, containing the firmware filename. b43err() parses its arguments as a format string. For systems with b43 hardware, this could lead to a uid-0 to ring-0 escalation. CVE-2013-2852 Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit e0e29b683d6784ef59bbc914eac85a04b650e63c upstream.

The module parameter "fwpostfix" is userspace controllable, unfiltered,
and is used to define the firmware filename. b43_do_request_fw() populates
ctx->errors[] on error, containing the firmware filename. b43err()
parses its arguments as a format string. For systems with b43 hardware,
this could lead to a uid-0 to ring-0 escalation.

CVE-2013-2852

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
mac80211_hwsim: remove P2P_DEVICE support 2013-06-07T19:53:37+00:00 Johannes Berg johannes.berg@intel.com 2013-05-23T20:24:11+00:00 b113898f2cfe280aaf3fc0743eb798778dedaee0 Unfortunately, advertising P2P_DEVICE support was a little premature, a number of issues came up in testing and have been fixed for 3.10. Rather than try to backport all the different fixes, disable P2P_DEVICE support in the drivers using it. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
Unfortunately, advertising P2P_DEVICE support was a little
premature, a number of issues came up in testing and have
been fixed for 3.10. Rather than try to backport all the
different fixes, disable P2P_DEVICE support in the drivers
using it.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
iwlwifi: mvm: remove P2P_DEVICE support 2013-06-07T19:53:36+00:00 Johannes Berg johannes.berg@intel.com 2013-05-23T20:24:31+00:00 2e8a935b639356f8397d39b118ac914d99b55871 Unfortunately, advertising P2P_DEVICE support was a little premature, a number of issues came up in testing and have been fixed for 3.10. Rather than try to backport all the different fixes, disable P2P_DEVICE support in the drivers using it. For iwlmvm that implies disabling P2P completely as it can't support P2P operation w/o P2P Device. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
Unfortunately, advertising P2P_DEVICE support was a little
premature, a number of issues came up in testing and have
been fixed for 3.10. Rather than try to backport all the
different fixes, disable P2P_DEVICE support in the drivers
using it. For iwlmvm that implies disabling P2P completely
as it can't support P2P operation w/o P2P Device.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>