mac80211: fix rx->key NULL dereference during mic failure
Sometimes when reporting a MIC failure rx->key may be unset. This
code path is hit when receiving a packet meant for a multicast
address, and decryption is performed in HW.
Fortunately, the failing key_idx is not used for anything up to
(and including) usermode, so we allow ourselves to drop it on the
way up when a key cannot be retrieved.
Signed-off-by: Arik Nemtsov <arik@wizery.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 98fa8eb..f07602d 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -6463,7 +6463,8 @@
if (addr)
NLA_PUT(msg, NL80211_ATTR_MAC, ETH_ALEN, addr);
NLA_PUT_U32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_KEY_TYPE, key_type);
- NLA_PUT_U8(msg, NL80211_ATTR_KEY_IDX, key_id);
+ if (key_id != -1)
+ NLA_PUT_U8(msg, NL80211_ATTR_KEY_IDX, key_id);
if (tsc)
NLA_PUT(msg, NL80211_ATTR_KEY_SEQ, 6, tsc);