[PATCH 168/379][SRU][OEM-5.6] cfg80211: reject HT/VHT capabilities on 6 GHz band
You-Sheng Yang
vicamo.yang at canonical.com
Wed Dec 23 08:48:21 UTC 2020
From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg at intel.com>
BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1879633
On the 6 GHz band, HE should be used, but without any direct HT/VHT
capabilities, instead the HE 6 GHz band capabilities will capture
the relevant information. Reject HT/VHT capabilities here.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200528213443.bfe89c35459a.Ibba5e066fa0087fd49d13cfee89d196ea0c68ae2@changeid
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg at intel.com>
(cherry picked from commit 461ce35d5535c1479384f67fcf4bfc3f3610edca)
Signed-off-by: You-Sheng Yang <vicamo.yang at canonical.com>
---
net/wireless/core.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/wireless/core.c b/net/wireless/core.c
index ee5bb8d8af04..8c2828b5241f 100644
--- a/net/wireless/core.c
+++ b/net/wireless/core.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
* Copyright 2006-2010 Johannes Berg <johannes at sipsolutions.net>
* Copyright 2013-2014 Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
* Copyright 2015-2017 Intel Deutschland GmbH
- * Copyright (C) 2018-2019 Intel Corporation
+ * Copyright (C) 2018-2020 Intel Corporation
*/
#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
@@ -804,6 +804,11 @@ int wiphy_register(struct wiphy *wiphy)
!sband->n_bitrates))
return -EINVAL;
+ if (WARN_ON(band == NL80211_BAND_6GHZ &&
+ (sband->ht_cap.ht_supported ||
+ sband->vht_cap.vht_supported)))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
/*
* Since cfg80211_disable_40mhz_24ghz is global, we can
* modify the sband's ht data even if the driver uses a
--
2.29.2
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