[openwrt/openwrt] mac80211: fix receiving mesh packets in forwarding=0 networks

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Sun Mar 26 08:19:49 PDT 2023


nbd pushed a commit to openwrt/openwrt.git, branch master:
https://git.openwrt.org/3ab670b24eee8adef77a71d9d11ee362c1668b26

commit 3ab670b24eee8adef77a71d9d11ee362c1668b26
Author: Felix Fietkau <nbd at nbd.name>
AuthorDate: Sun Mar 26 17:19:03 2023 +0200

    mac80211: fix receiving mesh packets in forwarding=0 networks
    
    When forwarding is set to 0, frames are typically sent with ttl=1.
    Move the ttl decrement check below the check for local receive in order to
    fix packet drops.
    
    Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd at nbd.name>
---
 ...11-fix-receiving-mesh-packets-in-forwardi.patch | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+)

diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/subsys/329-wifi-mac80211-fix-receiving-mesh-packets-in-forwardi.patch b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/subsys/329-wifi-mac80211-fix-receiving-mesh-packets-in-forwardi.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6882694da8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/subsys/329-wifi-mac80211-fix-receiving-mesh-packets-in-forwardi.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+From: Felix Fietkau <nbd at nbd.name>
+Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2023 17:11:34 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] wifi: mac80211: fix receiving mesh packets in forwarding=0
+ networks
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+When forwarding is set to 0, frames are typically sent with ttl=1.
+Move the ttl decrement check below the check for local receive in order to
+fix packet drops.
+
+Reported-by: Thomas Hühn <thomas.huehn at hs-nordhausen.de>
+Reported-by: Nick Hainke <vincent at systemli.org>
+Fixes: 986e43b19ae9 ("wifi: mac80211: fix receiving A-MSDU frames on mesh interfaces")
+Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd at nbd.name>
+---
+
+--- a/net/mac80211/rx.c
++++ b/net/mac80211/rx.c
+@@ -2828,14 +2828,6 @@ ieee80211_rx_mesh_data(struct ieee80211_
+ 	if (sdata->crypto_tx_tailroom_needed_cnt)
+ 		tailroom = IEEE80211_ENCRYPT_TAILROOM;
+ 
+-	if (!--mesh_hdr->ttl) {
+-		if (multicast)
+-			goto rx_accept;
+-
+-		IEEE80211_IFSTA_MESH_CTR_INC(ifmsh, dropped_frames_ttl);
+-		return RX_DROP_MONITOR;
+-	}
+-
+ 	if (mesh_hdr->flags & MESH_FLAGS_AE) {
+ 		struct mesh_path *mppath;
+ 		char *proxied_addr;
+@@ -2874,6 +2866,14 @@ ieee80211_rx_mesh_data(struct ieee80211_
+ 	if (ether_addr_equal(sdata->vif.addr, eth->h_dest))
+ 		goto rx_accept;
+ 
++	if (!--mesh_hdr->ttl) {
++		if (multicast)
++			goto rx_accept;
++
++		IEEE80211_IFSTA_MESH_CTR_INC(ifmsh, dropped_frames_ttl);
++		return RX_DROP_MONITOR;
++	}
++
+ 	if (!ifmsh->mshcfg.dot11MeshForwarding) {
+ 		if (is_multicast_ether_addr(eth->h_dest))
+ 			goto rx_accept;




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