[PATCH] Check if a global NL80211 event is directed to a bridged interface before ignoring
Jouni Malinen
j at w1.fi
Thu Jun 19 03:21:29 PDT 2025
On Fri, May 09, 2025 at 10:00:30AM +1000, andrew.pope at morsemicro.com wrote:
> Global events originating/directed toward a bridged (i.e. WDS) station are ignored by HostAP. These events are currently considered 'foreign' and are dropped.
>
> This problem was initially discovered while testing the configuration parameter 'disassoc_low_ack=1' for bridged stations. It was observed that the event 'STATION_LOW_ACK', communicated in 'NL80211_CMD_NOTIFY_CQM', would be ignored and the AP would fail to disassociate the low ack station from the BSS.
Thanks, applied.
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