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Diffstat (limited to 'net')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/wireless/nl80211.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c index be2501538011..b6f84f6a2a09 100644 --- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c +++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c @@ -4400,6 +4400,16 @@ static int nl80211_new_station(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) if (parse_station_flags(info, dev->ieee80211_ptr->iftype, ¶ms)) return -EINVAL; + /* HT/VHT requires QoS, but if we don't have that just ignore HT/VHT + * as userspace might just pass through the capabilities from the IEs + * directly, rather than enforcing this restriction and returning an + * error in this case. + */ + if (!(params.sta_flags_set & BIT(NL80211_STA_FLAG_WME))) { + params.ht_capa = NULL; + params.vht_capa = NULL; + } + /* When you run into this, adjust the code below for the new flag */ BUILD_BUG_ON(NL80211_STA_FLAG_MAX != 7); |