linux/net
Johannes Berg 59bbb6f757 cfg80211: validate channel settings across interfaces
Currently, there's a problem that affects regulatory
enforcement and connection stability, in that it is
possible to switch the channel while connected to a
network or joined to an IBSS.

The problem comes from the fact that we only validate
the channel against the current interface's type, not
against any other interface. Thus, you have any type
of interface up, additionally bring up a monitor mode
interface and switch the channel on the monitor. This
will obviously also switch the channel on the other
interface.

The problem now is that if you do that while sending
beacons for IBSS mode, you can switch to a disabled
channel or a channel that doesn't allow beaconing.
Combined with a managed mode interface connected to
an AP instead of an IBSS interface, you can easily
break the connection that way.

To fix this, this patch validates any channel change
with all available interfaces, and disallows such
changes on secondary interfaces if another interface
is connected to an AP or joined to an IBSS.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-08-14 09:13:42 -04:00
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9p 9p: Possible regression in p9_client_stat 2009-07-14 15:54:41 -05:00
802 net: remove COMPAT_NET_DEV_OPS 2009-05-25 01:53:53 -07:00
8021q net: mark read-only arrays as const 2009-08-05 10:42:58 -07:00
appletalk Use correct NET_RX_* returns for atalk_rcv() 2009-08-12 20:44:50 -07:00
atm net: mark read-only arrays as const 2009-08-05 10:42:58 -07:00
ax25 net: Move rx skb_orphan call to where needed 2009-06-23 16:36:25 -07:00
bluetooth Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2009-08-12 17:44:53 -07:00
bridge net: mark read-only arrays as const 2009-08-05 10:42:58 -07:00
can can: Fix raw_getname() leak 2009-08-09 21:45:32 -07:00
core Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2009-08-12 17:44:53 -07:00
dcb DCB: fix kfree(skb) 2009-01-04 17:29:21 -08:00
dccp Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2009-08-12 17:44:53 -07:00
decnet net: remove NET_RX_BAD and NET_RX_CN* defines 2009-07-05 19:15:35 -07:00
dsa dsa: fix 88e6xxx statistics counter snapshotting 2009-07-05 18:03:35 -07:00
econet Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2009-08-12 17:44:53 -07:00
ethernet net: remove COMPAT_NET_DEV_OPS 2009-05-25 01:53:53 -07:00
ieee802154 nl802154: support START-CONFIRM primitive 2009-08-12 21:54:51 -07:00
ipv4 net: mark read-only arrays as const 2009-08-05 10:42:58 -07:00
ipv6 net: mark read-only arrays as const 2009-08-05 10:42:58 -07:00
ipx headers: smp_lock.h redux 2009-07-12 12:22:34 -07:00
irda Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2009-08-12 17:44:53 -07:00
iucv net: adding memory barrier to the poll and receive callbacks 2009-07-09 17:06:57 -07:00
key net: correct off-by-one write allocations reports 2009-06-18 00:29:12 -07:00
lapb net: remove NET_RX_BAD and NET_RX_CN* defines 2009-07-05 19:15:35 -07:00
llc net: mark read-only arrays as const 2009-08-05 10:42:58 -07:00
mac80211 mac80211: stay authenticated after disassoc 2009-08-14 09:12:46 -04:00
netfilter net: mark read-only arrays as const 2009-08-05 10:42:58 -07:00
netlabel Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2009-07-30 19:22:43 -07:00
netlink net/compat/wext: send different messages to compat tasks 2009-07-15 08:53:39 -07:00
netrom Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2009-08-12 17:44:53 -07:00
packet af_packet: style cleanups 2009-07-23 18:01:10 -07:00
phonet Phonet: fix /proc/net/phonet with network namespaces 2009-08-12 22:13:19 -07:00
rds net/rds: Use AF_INET for sin_family field 2009-08-05 20:30:13 -07:00
rfkill rfkill: add the GPS radio type 2009-08-04 16:44:23 -04:00
rose Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2009-08-12 17:44:53 -07:00
rxrpc net: mark read-only arrays as const 2009-08-05 10:42:58 -07:00
sched net: Avoid enqueuing skb for default qdiscs 2009-08-06 20:10:18 -07:00
sctp Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2009-08-12 17:44:53 -07:00
sunrpc headers: smp_lock.h redux 2009-07-12 12:22:34 -07:00
tipc genetlink: make netns aware 2009-07-12 14:03:27 -07:00
unix net: adding memory barrier to the poll and receive callbacks 2009-07-09 17:06:57 -07:00
wanrouter headers: smp_lock.h redux 2009-07-12 12:22:34 -07:00
wimax wimax: fix warning caused by not checking retval of rfkill_set_hw_state() 2009-06-11 11:12:48 -07:00
wireless cfg80211: validate channel settings across interfaces 2009-08-14 09:13:42 -04:00
x25 headers: smp_lock.h redux 2009-07-12 12:22:34 -07:00
xfrm Fix xfrm hash collisions by changing __xfrm4_daddr_saddr_hash to hash addresses with addition 2009-08-09 21:45:31 -07:00
compat.c net/compat/wext: send different messages to compat tasks 2009-07-15 08:53:39 -07:00
Kconfig net/compat/wext: send different messages to compat tasks 2009-07-15 08:53:39 -07:00
Makefile net: remove redundant sched/ in net/Makefile 2009-07-12 20:11:14 -07:00
nonet.c
socket.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2009-04-06 18:05:43 -07:00
sysctl_net.c net: sysctl_net - use net_eq to compare nets 2009-03-16 16:23:30 +01:00
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