[PATCH] nl80211: Do not allow off channel when frequency is not specified

Andrei Otcheretianski andrei.otcheretianski at intel.com
Wed Nov 29 00:43:58 PST 2023


From: Ilan Peer <ilan.peer at intel.com>

Do not allow offchannel operation for action frame transmission if
no frequency is specified, as this doesn't make sense.

Signed-off-by: Ilan Peer <ilan.peer at intel.com>
---
 src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
index 03d54222bb..56c00736df 100644
--- a/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
+++ b/src/drivers/driver_nl80211.c
@@ -9151,6 +9151,9 @@ static int wpa_driver_nl80211_send_action(struct i802_bss *bss,
 	    bss->flink->beacon_set)
 		offchanok = 0;
 
+	if (!freq && is_sta_interface(drv->nlmode))
+		offchanok = 0;
+
 	wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "nl80211: Send Action frame (ifindex=%d, "
 		   "freq=%u MHz wait=%d ms no_cck=%d offchanok=%d)",
 		   drv->ifindex, freq, wait_time, no_cck, offchanok);
-- 
2.43.0




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