[PATCH mt76 v2 10/12] wifi: mt76: mt7996: fix MLO set key and group key issues

Shayne Chen shayne.chen at mediatek.com
Wed Nov 5 22:42:01 PST 2025


This patch fixes the following key issues:
- Pass correct link BSS to mt7996_mcu_add_key(), and use HW beacon
  protection mode for mt7990 chipset
- Do not do group key deletion for GTK and IGTK due to FW design, the
  delete key command will delete all group keys of a link BSS
- For deleting BIGTK, FW adds a new flow, but the "sec->add" field
  should be filled with "SET_KEY". Note that if BIGTK is not deleted, it
  will cause beacon decryption issue when switching from an AP interface
  to a station interface

Fixes: 0c45d52276fd ("wifi: mt76: mt7996: fix setting beacon protection keys")
Co-developed-by: Allen Ye <allen.ye at mediatek.com>
Signed-off-by: Allen Ye <allen.ye at mediatek.com>
Co-developed-by: Peter Chiu <chui-hao.chiu at mediatek.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Chiu <chui-hao.chiu at mediatek.com>
Signed-off-by: Shayne Chen <shayne.chen at mediatek.com>
---
 .../net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mac.c   |  7 +++-
 .../net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/main.c  |  5 +--
 .../net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mcu.c   | 35 +++++++++++++------
 .../wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mt7996.h    |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mac.c
index 579084cbb30f..c1f2938d1f21 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mac.c
@@ -795,6 +795,7 @@ mt7996_mac_write_txwi_80211(struct mt7996_dev *dev, __le32 *txwi,
 	u8 tid = skb->priority & IEEE80211_QOS_CTL_TID_MASK;
 	__le16 fc = hdr->frame_control, sc = hdr->seq_ctrl;
 	u16 seqno = le16_to_cpu(sc);
+	bool hw_bigtk = false;
 	u8 fc_type, fc_stype;
 	u32 val;
 
@@ -820,7 +821,11 @@ mt7996_mac_write_txwi_80211(struct mt7996_dev *dev, __le32 *txwi,
 	    info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_USE_MINRATE)
 		val |= MT_TXD1_FIXED_RATE;
 
-	if (key && multicast && ieee80211_is_robust_mgmt_frame(skb)) {
+	if (is_mt7990(&dev->mt76) && ieee80211_is_beacon(fc) &&
+	    (wcid->hw_key_idx2 == 6 || wcid->hw_key_idx2 == 7))
+		hw_bigtk = true;
+
+	if ((key && multicast && ieee80211_is_robust_mgmt_frame(skb)) || hw_bigtk) {
 		val |= MT_TXD1_BIP;
 		txwi[3] &= ~cpu_to_le32(MT_TXD3_PROTECT_FRAME);
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/main.c
index 66e22f5576f8..68ce6f96348b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/main.c
@@ -249,12 +249,13 @@ mt7996_set_hw_key(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, enum set_key_cmd cmd,
 	else if (idx == *wcid_keyidx)
 		*wcid_keyidx = -1;
 
-	if (cmd != SET_KEY && sta)
+	/* only do remove key for BIGTK */
+	if (cmd != SET_KEY && !is_bigtk)
 		return 0;
 
 	mt76_wcid_key_setup(&dev->mt76, &msta_link->wcid, key);
 
-	err = mt7996_mcu_add_key(&dev->mt76, vif, key,
+	err = mt7996_mcu_add_key(&dev->mt76, link, key,
 				 MCU_WMWA_UNI_CMD(STA_REC_UPDATE),
 				 &msta_link->wcid, cmd);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mcu.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mcu.c
index 2bb98df317a6..14a88ef79b6c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mcu.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mcu.c
@@ -2530,7 +2530,7 @@ int mt7996_mcu_teardown_mld_sta(struct mt7996_dev *dev,
 }
 
 static int
-mt7996_mcu_sta_key_tlv(struct mt76_wcid *wcid,
+mt7996_mcu_sta_key_tlv(struct mt76_dev *dev, struct mt76_wcid *wcid,
 		       struct sk_buff *skb,
 		       struct ieee80211_key_conf *key,
 		       enum set_key_cmd cmd)
@@ -2542,7 +2542,10 @@ mt7996_mcu_sta_key_tlv(struct mt76_wcid *wcid,
 
 	tlv = mt76_connac_mcu_add_tlv(skb, STA_REC_KEY_V2, sizeof(*sec));
 	sec = (struct sta_rec_sec_uni *)tlv;
-	sec->add = 0;
+	/* due to connac3 FW design, we only do remove key for BIGTK; even for
+	 * removal, the field should be filled with SET_KEY
+	 */
+	sec->add = SET_KEY;
 	sec->n_cipher = 1;
 	sec_key = &sec->key[0];
 	sec_key->wlan_idx = cpu_to_le16(wcid->idx);
@@ -2582,29 +2585,33 @@ mt7996_mcu_sta_key_tlv(struct mt76_wcid *wcid,
 	case WLAN_CIPHER_SUITE_BIP_GMAC_256:
 		sec_key->cipher_id = MCU_CIPHER_BCN_PROT_GMAC_256;
 		break;
+	case WLAN_CIPHER_SUITE_BIP_CMAC_256:
+		if (!is_mt7990(dev))
+			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		sec_key->cipher_id = MCU_CIPHER_BCN_PROT_CMAC_256;
+		break;
 	default:
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}
 
-	sec_key->bcn_mode = BP_SW_MODE;
+	sec_key->bcn_mode = is_mt7990(dev) ? BP_HW_MODE : BP_SW_MODE;
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int mt7996_mcu_add_key(struct mt76_dev *dev, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
+int mt7996_mcu_add_key(struct mt76_dev *dev, struct mt7996_vif_link *link,
 		       struct ieee80211_key_conf *key, int mcu_cmd,
 		       struct mt76_wcid *wcid, enum set_key_cmd cmd)
 {
-	struct mt76_vif_link *mvif = (struct mt76_vif_link *)vif->drv_priv;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	int ret;
 
-	skb = __mt76_connac_mcu_alloc_sta_req(dev, mvif, wcid,
-					      MT7996_STA_UPDATE_MAX_SIZE);
+	skb = __mt76_connac_mcu_alloc_sta_req(dev, (struct mt76_vif_link *)link,
+					      wcid, MT7996_STA_UPDATE_MAX_SIZE);
 	if (IS_ERR(skb))
 		return PTR_ERR(skb);
 
-	ret = mt7996_mcu_sta_key_tlv(wcid, skb, key, cmd);
+	ret = mt7996_mcu_sta_key_tlv(dev, wcid, skb, key, cmd);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_kfree_skb(skb);
 		return ret;
@@ -2724,12 +2731,18 @@ mt7996_mcu_beacon_mbss(struct sk_buff *rskb, struct sk_buff *skb,
 static void
 mt7996_mcu_beacon_cont(struct mt7996_dev *dev,
 		       struct ieee80211_bss_conf *link_conf,
+		       struct mt7996_vif_link *link,
 		       struct sk_buff *rskb, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		       struct bss_bcn_content_tlv *bcn,
 		       struct ieee80211_mutable_offsets *offs)
 {
-	struct mt76_wcid *wcid = &dev->mt76.global_wcid;
-	u8 *buf;
+	u8 *buf, keyidx = link->msta_link.wcid.hw_key_idx2;
+	struct mt76_wcid *wcid;
+
+	if (is_mt7990(&dev->mt76) && (keyidx == 6 || keyidx == 7))
+		wcid = &link->msta_link.wcid;
+	else
+		wcid = &dev->mt76.global_wcid;
 
 	bcn->pkt_len = cpu_to_le16(MT_TXD_SIZE + skb->len);
 	bcn->tim_ie_pos = cpu_to_le16(offs->tim_offset);
@@ -2804,7 +2817,7 @@ int mt7996_mcu_add_beacon(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
 	info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
 	info->hw_queue |= FIELD_PREP(MT_TX_HW_QUEUE_PHY, mlink->band_idx);
 
-	mt7996_mcu_beacon_cont(dev, link_conf, rskb, skb, bcn, &offs);
+	mt7996_mcu_beacon_cont(dev, link_conf, link, rskb, skb, bcn, &offs);
 	if (link_conf->bssid_indicator)
 		mt7996_mcu_beacon_mbss(rskb, skb, bcn, &offs);
 	mt7996_mcu_beacon_cntdwn(rskb, skb, &offs, link_conf->csa_active);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mt7996.h b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mt7996.h
index c47820699ec8..7a884311800e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mt7996.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mt7996.h
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ void mt7996_update_channel(struct mt76_phy *mphy);
 int mt7996_init_debugfs(struct mt7996_dev *dev);
 void mt7996_debugfs_rx_fw_monitor(struct mt7996_dev *dev, const void *data, int len);
 bool mt7996_debugfs_rx_log(struct mt7996_dev *dev, const void *data, int len);
-int mt7996_mcu_add_key(struct mt76_dev *dev, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
+int mt7996_mcu_add_key(struct mt76_dev *dev, struct mt7996_vif_link *link,
 		       struct ieee80211_key_conf *key, int mcu_cmd,
 		       struct mt76_wcid *wcid, enum set_key_cmd cmd);
 int mt7996_mcu_bcn_prot_enable(struct mt7996_dev *dev,
-- 
2.51.0




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