commit: 38852b20c8b6d97618204ac64abbf14f0080393e
From: Senthil Balasubramanian <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 19:09:27 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] ath9k: Fix STA disconnect issue due to received MIC failed 
bcast frames

AR_RxKeyIdxValid will not be set for bcast/mcast frames and so relying
this status for MIC failed frames is buggy.

Due to this, MIC failure events for broadcast frames are not sent to
supplicant resulted in AP disconnecting the STA.

Able to pass Wifi Test case 5.2.18 with this fix.

Cc: Stable <[email protected]> (2.6.36+)
Signed-off-by: Senthil Balasubramanian <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/mac.c  |    3 +--
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c |    9 ++++++++-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/mac.c 
b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/mac.c
index 8c13479..c996963 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/mac.c
@@ -703,8 +703,7 @@ int ath9k_hw_rxprocdesc(struct ath_hw *ah, struct ath_desc 
*ds,
                        rs->rs_phyerr = phyerr;
                } else if (ads.ds_rxstatus8 & AR_DecryptCRCErr)
                        rs->rs_status |= ATH9K_RXERR_DECRYPT;
-               else if ((ads.ds_rxstatus8 & AR_MichaelErr) &&
-                        rs->rs_keyix != ATH9K_RXKEYIX_INVALID)
+               else if (ads.ds_rxstatus8 & AR_MichaelErr)
                        rs->rs_status |= ATH9K_RXERR_MIC;
                else if (ads.ds_rxstatus8 & AR_KeyMiss)
                        rs->rs_status |= ATH9K_RXERR_DECRYPT;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c 
b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
index 1a62e35..fdc2ec5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
@@ -838,6 +838,10 @@ static bool ath9k_rx_accept(struct ath_common *common,
                            struct ath_rx_status *rx_stats,
                            bool *decrypt_error)
 {
+#define is_mc_or_valid_tkip_keyix ((is_mc ||                   \
+               (rx_stats->rs_keyix != ATH9K_RXKEYIX_INVALID && \
+               test_bit(rx_stats->rs_keyix, common->tkip_keymap))))
+
        struct ath_hw *ah = common->ah;
        __le16 fc;
        u8 rx_status_len = ah->caps.rx_status_len;
@@ -879,15 +883,18 @@ static bool ath9k_rx_accept(struct ath_common *common,
                if (rx_stats->rs_status & ATH9K_RXERR_DECRYPT) {
                        *decrypt_error = true;
                } else if (rx_stats->rs_status & ATH9K_RXERR_MIC) {
+                       bool is_mc;
                        /*
                         * The MIC error bit is only valid if the frame
                         * is not a control frame or fragment, and it was
                         * decrypted using a valid TKIP key.
                         */
+                       is_mc = !!is_multicast_ether_addr(hdr->addr1);
+
                        if (!ieee80211_is_ctl(fc) &&
                            !ieee80211_has_morefrags(fc) &&
                            !(le16_to_cpu(hdr->seq_ctrl) & IEEE80211_SCTL_FRAG) 
&&
-                           test_bit(rx_stats->rs_keyix, common->tkip_keymap))
+                           is_mc_or_valid_tkip_keyix)
                                rxs->flag |= RX_FLAG_MMIC_ERROR;
                        else
                                rx_stats->rs_status &= ~ATH9K_RXERR_MIC;

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