[3.11.y.z extended stable] Patch "ath9k_htc: properly set MAC address and BSSID mask" has been added to staging queue

[Luis Henriques]

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

    ath9k_htc: properly set MAC address and BSSID mask

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 4eb8e8c37e90717cdc64ce8aa05ec9ffb8da20b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mathy Vanhoef <vanhoefm at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 12:21:45 +0100
Subject: ath9k_htc: properly set MAC address and BSSID mask

commit 657eb17d87852c42b55c4b06d5425baa08b2ddb3 upstream.

Pick the MAC address of the first virtual interface as the new hardware MAC
address. Set BSSID mask according to this MAC address. This fixes CVE-2013-4579.

Signed-off-by: Mathy Vanhoef <vanhoefm at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville at tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques at canonical.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++--------
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c         |  5 +++--
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c
index 5c1bec1..de02522 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c
@@ -147,21 +147,26 @@ static void ath9k_htc_bssid_iter(void *data, u8 *mac, struct ieee80211_vif *vif)
 	struct ath9k_vif_iter_data *iter_data = data;
 	int i;

-	for (i = 0; i < ETH_ALEN; i++)
-		iter_data->mask[i] &= ~(iter_data->hw_macaddr[i] ^ mac[i]);
+	if (iter_data->hw_macaddr != NULL) {
+		for (i = 0; i < ETH_ALEN; i++)
+			iter_data->mask[i] &= ~(iter_data->hw_macaddr[i] ^ mac[i]);
+	} else {
+		iter_data->hw_macaddr = mac;
+	}
 }

-static void ath9k_htc_set_bssid_mask(struct ath9k_htc_priv *priv,
+static void ath9k_htc_set_mac_bssid_mask(struct ath9k_htc_priv *priv,
 				     struct ieee80211_vif *vif)
 {
 	struct ath_common *common = ath9k_hw_common(priv->ah);
 	struct ath9k_vif_iter_data iter_data;

 	/*
-	 * Use the hardware MAC address as reference, the hardware uses it
-	 * together with the BSSID mask when matching addresses.
+	 * Pick the MAC address of the first interface as the new hardware
+	 * MAC address. The hardware will use it together with the BSSID mask
+	 * when matching addresses.
 	 */
-	iter_data.hw_macaddr = common->macaddr;
+	iter_data.hw_macaddr = NULL;
 	memset(&iter_data.mask, 0xff, ETH_ALEN);

 	if (vif)
@@ -173,6 +178,10 @@ static void ath9k_htc_set_bssid_mask(struct ath9k_htc_priv *priv,
 		ath9k_htc_bssid_iter, &iter_data);

 	memcpy(common->bssidmask, iter_data.mask, ETH_ALEN);
+
+	if (iter_data.hw_macaddr)
+		memcpy(common->macaddr, iter_data.hw_macaddr, ETH_ALEN);
+
 	ath_hw_setbssidmask(common);
 }

@@ -1083,7 +1092,7 @@ static int ath9k_htc_add_interface(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 		goto out;
 	}

-	ath9k_htc_set_bssid_mask(priv, vif);
+	ath9k_htc_set_mac_bssid_mask(priv, vif);

 	priv->vif_slot |= (1 << avp->index);
 	priv->nvifs++;
@@ -1148,7 +1157,7 @@ static void ath9k_htc_remove_interface(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,

 	ath9k_htc_set_opmode(priv);

-	ath9k_htc_set_bssid_mask(priv, vif);
+	ath9k_htc_set_mac_bssid_mask(priv, vif);

 	/*
 	 * Stop ANI only if there are no associated station interfaces.
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
index 5697c7a..76e6cd4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
@@ -888,8 +888,9 @@ void ath9k_calculate_iter_data(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 	struct ath_common *common = ath9k_hw_common(ah);

 	/*
-	 * Use the hardware MAC address as reference, the hardware uses it
-	 * together with the BSSID mask when matching addresses.
+	 * Pick the MAC address of the first interface as the new hardware
+	 * MAC address. The hardware will use it together with the BSSID mask
+	 * when matching addresses.
 	 */
 	memset(iter_data, 0, sizeof(*iter_data));
 	memset(&iter_data->mask, 0xff, ETH_ALEN);
--
1.8.3.2