quarks/sys-kernel/hardened-sources/files/wireless_injection.patch
2012-05-01 22:00:54 -07:00

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diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
index 0855cac..221bed6 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -677,11 +677,19 @@ int tid;
/*
* Packet injection may want to control the sequence
- * number, if we have no matching interface then we
- * neither assign one ourselves nor ask the driver to.
+ * number, so if an injected packet is found, skip
+ * renumbering it. Also make the packet NO_ACK to avoid
+ * excessive retries (ACKing and retrying should be
+ * handled by the injecting application).
+ * FIXME This may break hostapd and some other injectors.
+ * This should be done using a radiotap flag.
*/
- if (unlikely(info->control.vif->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR))
+ if (unlikely((info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_INJECTED) &&
+ !(tx->sdata->u.mntr_flags & MONITOR_FLAG_COOK_FRAMES))) {
+ if (!ieee80211_has_morefrags(hdr->frame_control))
+ info->flags |= IEEE80211_TX_CTL_NO_ACK;
return TX_CONTINUE;
+ }
if (unlikely(ieee80211_is_ctl(hdr->frame_control)))
return TX_CONTINUE;