[3.11.y.z extended stable] Patch "mwifiex: fix wrong eth_hdr usage for bridged packets in AP mode" has been added to staging queue

[Luis Henriques]

This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled

    mwifiex: fix wrong eth_hdr usage for bridged packets in AP mode

to the linux-3.11.y-queue branch of the 3.11.y.z extended stable tree 
which can be found at:

 http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.11.y-queue

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please 
reply to this email.

For more information about the 3.11.y.z tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable

Thanks.
-Luis

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>From e7b2a9d205a0500d41fd8a25c4bbb3defb4f130a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ujjal Roy <royujjal at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 15:01:45 -0800
Subject: mwifiex: fix wrong eth_hdr usage for bridged packets in AP mode

commit 8d93f1f309d38b65fce0b9f0de91ba6c96990c07 upstream.

The eth_hdr is never defined in this driver but it gets compiled
without any warning/error because kernel has defined eth_hdr.

Fix it by defining our own p_ethhdr and use it instead of eth_hdr.

Signed-off-by: Ujjal Roy <royujjal at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar at marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao <bzhao at marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville at tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques at canonical.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/uap_txrx.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/uap_txrx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/uap_txrx.c
index a018e42..48e6724 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/uap_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/uap_txrx.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ static void mwifiex_uap_queue_bridged_pkt(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
 	struct mwifiex_txinfo *tx_info;
 	int hdr_chop;
 	struct timeval tv;
+	struct ethhdr *p_ethhdr;
 	u8 rfc1042_eth_hdr[ETH_ALEN] = { 0xaa, 0xaa, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 };

 	uap_rx_pd = (struct uap_rxpd *)(skb->data);
@@ -48,14 +49,36 @@ static void mwifiex_uap_queue_bridged_pkt(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
 	}

 	if (!memcmp(&rx_pkt_hdr->rfc1042_hdr,
-		    rfc1042_eth_hdr, sizeof(rfc1042_eth_hdr)))
+		    rfc1042_eth_hdr, sizeof(rfc1042_eth_hdr))) {
+		/* Replace the 803 header and rfc1042 header (llc/snap) with
+		 * an Ethernet II header, keep the src/dst and snap_type
+		 * (ethertype).
+		 *
+		 * The firmware only passes up SNAP frames converting all RX
+		 * data from 802.11 to 802.2/LLC/SNAP frames.
+		 *
+		 * To create the Ethernet II, just move the src, dst address
+		 * right before the snap_type.
+		 */
+		p_ethhdr = (struct ethhdr *)
+			((u8 *)(&rx_pkt_hdr->eth803_hdr)
+			 + sizeof(rx_pkt_hdr->eth803_hdr)
+			 + sizeof(rx_pkt_hdr->rfc1042_hdr)
+			 - sizeof(rx_pkt_hdr->eth803_hdr.h_dest)
+			 - sizeof(rx_pkt_hdr->eth803_hdr.h_source)
+			 - sizeof(rx_pkt_hdr->rfc1042_hdr.snap_type));
+		memcpy(p_ethhdr->h_source, rx_pkt_hdr->eth803_hdr.h_source,
+		       sizeof(p_ethhdr->h_source));
+		memcpy(p_ethhdr->h_dest, rx_pkt_hdr->eth803_hdr.h_dest,
+		       sizeof(p_ethhdr->h_dest));
 		/* Chop off the rxpd + the excess memory from
 		 * 802.2/llc/snap header that was removed.
 		 */
-		hdr_chop = (u8 *)eth_hdr - (u8 *)uap_rx_pd;
-	else
+		hdr_chop = (u8 *)p_ethhdr - (u8 *)uap_rx_pd;
+	} else {
 		/* Chop off the rxpd */
 		hdr_chop = (u8 *)&rx_pkt_hdr->eth803_hdr - (u8 *)uap_rx_pd;
+	}

 	/* Chop off the leading header bytes so the it points
 	 * to the start of either the reconstructed EthII frame
--
1.8.3.2