authentication timed out by "wifi: mac80211: do link->MLD address translation on RX"

[Johannes Berg]

Hi,

On Mon, 2023-01-09 at 17:48 +0800, Wen Gong wrote:
> Hi Johannes,
> 
> When the rx packet is skb_copy(), the hdr is not re-assign the new skb 
> value, and lead the
> 
> operation of "translate to MLD addresses" take effect on the original 
> skb, and lead
> 
> the check "if (!ether_addr_equal(ifmgd->auth_data->ap_addr, 
> mgmt->bssid))" fail in ieee80211_rx_mgmt_auth(),
> 
> and thus happened "authentication timed out".
> 
> After below change, issue not happen again.
> 

Yeah ... We found and fixed this, and then a few days later someone else
submitted a patch for it:


https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20221208040050.25922-1-quic_srirrama@quicinc.com/

johannes