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mac80211: fix queue selection for data frames on monitor interfaces 

When ieee80211_monitor_select_queue encounters data frames, it selects
the WMM AC based on skb->priority and assumes that skb->priority
contains a valid 802.1d tag. However this assumption is incorrect, since
ieee80211_select_queue has not been called at this point.
If skb->priority > 7, an array overrun occurs, which could lead to
invalid values, resulting in crashes in the tx path.
Fix this by setting skb->priority based on the 802.11 header for QoS
frames and using the default AC for all non-QoS frames.

Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
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Felix Fietkau 2010-01-11 06:47:00 +01:00 committed by John W. Linville
parent 39825f4dc9
commit 193e70ef65
1 changed files with 5 additions and 2 deletions
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@ -670,6 +670,7 @@ static u16 ieee80211_monitor_select_queue(struct net_device *dev,
struct ieee80211_local *local = sdata->local;
struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr;
struct ieee80211_radiotap_header *rtap = (void *)skb->data;
u8 *p;
if (local->hw.queues < 4)
return 0;
@ -680,12 +681,14 @@ static u16 ieee80211_monitor_select_queue(struct net_device *dev,
hdr = (void *)((u8 *)skb->data + le16_to_cpu(rtap->it_len));
if (!ieee80211_is_data(hdr->frame_control)) {
if (!ieee80211_is_data_qos(hdr->frame_control)) {
skb->priority = 7;
return ieee802_1d_to_ac[skb->priority];
}
skb->priority = 0;
p = ieee80211_get_qos_ctl(hdr);
skb->priority = *p & IEEE80211_QOS_CTL_TAG1D_MASK;
return ieee80211_downgrade_queue(local, skb);
}