[3.8.y.z extended stable] Patch "mwifiex: fix wrong eth_hdr usage for bridged packets in AP mode" has been added to staging queue

[Kamal Mostafa]

This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled

    mwifiex: fix wrong eth_hdr usage for bridged packets in AP mode

to the linux-3.8.y-queue branch of the 3.8.y.z extended stable tree 
which can be found at:

 http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.8.y-queue

This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.8.13.14.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please 
reply to this email.

For more information about the 3.8.y.z tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable

Thanks.
-Kamal

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>From eb5f28d7088bc26d2eec5aac239ce192b1fa2443 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ujjal Roy <royujjal at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 15:01:45 -0800
Subject: mwifiex: fix wrong eth_hdr usage for bridged packets in AP mode

commit 8d93f1f309d38b65fce0b9f0de91ba6c96990c07 upstream.

The eth_hdr is never defined in this driver but it gets compiled
without any warning/error because kernel has defined eth_hdr.

Fix it by defining our own p_ethhdr and use it instead of eth_hdr.

Signed-off-by: Ujjal Roy <royujjal at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar at marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao <bzhao at marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville at tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/uap_txrx.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/uap_txrx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/uap_txrx.c
index a018e42..48e6724 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/uap_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/uap_txrx.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ static void mwifiex_uap_queue_bridged_pkt(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
 	struct mwifiex_txinfo *tx_info;
 	int hdr_chop;
 	struct timeval tv;
+	struct ethhdr *p_ethhdr;
 	u8 rfc1042_eth_hdr[ETH_ALEN] = { 0xaa, 0xaa, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 };

 	uap_rx_pd = (struct uap_rxpd *)(skb->data);
@@ -48,14 +49,36 @@ static void mwifiex_uap_queue_bridged_pkt(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
 	}

 	if (!memcmp(&rx_pkt_hdr->rfc1042_hdr,
-		    rfc1042_eth_hdr, sizeof(rfc1042_eth_hdr)))
+		    rfc1042_eth_hdr, sizeof(rfc1042_eth_hdr))) {
+		/* Replace the 803 header and rfc1042 header (llc/snap) with
+		 * an Ethernet II header, keep the src/dst and snap_type
+		 * (ethertype).
+		 *
+		 * The firmware only passes up SNAP frames converting all RX
+		 * data from 802.11 to 802.2/LLC/SNAP frames.
+		 *
+		 * To create the Ethernet II, just move the src, dst address
+		 * right before the snap_type.
+		 */
+		p_ethhdr = (struct ethhdr *)
+			((u8 *)(&rx_pkt_hdr->eth803_hdr)
+			 + sizeof(rx_pkt_hdr->eth803_hdr)
+			 + sizeof(rx_pkt_hdr->rfc1042_hdr)
+			 - sizeof(rx_pkt_hdr->eth803_hdr.h_dest)
+			 - sizeof(rx_pkt_hdr->eth803_hdr.h_source)
+			 - sizeof(rx_pkt_hdr->rfc1042_hdr.snap_type));
+		memcpy(p_ethhdr->h_source, rx_pkt_hdr->eth803_hdr.h_source,
+		       sizeof(p_ethhdr->h_source));
+		memcpy(p_ethhdr->h_dest, rx_pkt_hdr->eth803_hdr.h_dest,
+		       sizeof(p_ethhdr->h_dest));
 		/* Chop off the rxpd + the excess memory from
 		 * 802.2/llc/snap header that was removed.
 		 */
-		hdr_chop = (u8 *)eth_hdr - (u8 *)uap_rx_pd;
-	else
+		hdr_chop = (u8 *)p_ethhdr - (u8 *)uap_rx_pd;
+	} else {
 		/* Chop off the rxpd */
 		hdr_chop = (u8 *)&rx_pkt_hdr->eth803_hdr - (u8 *)uap_rx_pd;
+	}

 	/* Chop off the leading header bytes so the it points
 	 * to the start of either the reconstructed EthII frame
--
1.8.3.2