ath11k/WCN6855 neighbor report request made immediately after connection gets no response (with MFP)

[Baochen Qiang]

On 9/27/2024 7:53 PM, James Prestwood wrote:
>> here is the sequence I saw in sniffer:
>> #1 AP send M3
>> #2 station send 'neighbor report request' without encryption, though 'protected' flag is set
>> #3 station send out M4
>>
>> is this the same with what you saw?
> When I was able to capture the neighbor report request (rarely) it was after M4, not before. If you're seeing it prior to M4 that seems strange, unless the kernel/ath11k is doing some odd queuing?
yeah... firmware has some odd assumption on the sequence of key install, causing such behavior.