[PATCH 1/2] hostapd: fix dpp_listen in dpp responder scenario

Jouni Malinen j at w1.fi
Sat Feb 6 09:38:50 EST 2021


On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 09:34:54AM +0000, Michal Kazior wrote:
> Some time ago it was found some drivers are
> setting their hw/ucode rx filters restrictively
> enough to prevent DPP multicast frames from being
> delivered.
> 
> A set of patches was introduced to the kernel and
> ath9k driver as well as hostapd, eg.
> 
>   a39e9af90 ("nl80211: DPP listen mode callback")
>   4d2ec436e ("DPP: Add driver operation for enabling/disabling listen mode")
> 
> The hostapd code itself was not calling the new
> multicast registration. As such the AP side of
> things wasn't working as expected in some
> scenarios.
> 
> I've found this while trying to get ath9k working
> as an AP Responder/Configurator.
> 
> The problem wasn't seen on, eg. mac80211 hwsim
> driver.

Thanks, applied patch 1/2.

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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA



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