[patch] net80211: reject STA frames not destined to the current STA VAP MAC address

[Bernhard Schmidt]

On Wednesday 26 October 2011 16:28:39 Adrian Chadd wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This patch rejects frames that are sent to a STA with an incorrect
> destination MAC.
> This is to fix an issue with the AR9160 in STA mode where it
> occasionally leaks frames destined to other stations. This then
> updates the crypto IV state and last received sequence number, causing
> subsequent frames from the correct MAC to be dropped inside net80211.
> 
> It's also needed if we decide (eventually) to support >1 STA VAP.
> 
> I'd like to merge this to -9 and -8, in case there are other AR9160 STA users.

I doubt this is necessary. Receiving frames with DST != vap->iv_myaddr
works just fine with iwn(4) and WPA.

-- 
Bernhard