struct ethhdr *ehdr = (struct ethhdr *) rx->skb->data;
/*
- * Allow EAPOL frames to us/the PAE group address regardless
- * of whether the frame was encrypted or not.
+ * Allow EAPOL frames to us/the PAE group address regardless of
+ * whether the frame was encrypted or not, and always disallow
+ * all other destination addresses for them.
*/
- if (ehdr->h_proto == rx->sdata->control_port_protocol &&
- (ether_addr_equal(ehdr->h_dest, rx->sdata->vif.addr) ||
- ether_addr_equal(ehdr->h_dest, pae_group_addr)))
- return true;
+ if (unlikely(ehdr->h_proto == rx->sdata->control_port_protocol))
+ return ether_addr_equal(ehdr->h_dest, rx->sdata->vif.addr) ||
+ ether_addr_equal(ehdr->h_dest, pae_group_addr);
if (ieee80211_802_1x_port_control(rx) ||
ieee80211_drop_unencrypted(rx, fc))
cfg80211_rx_control_port(dev, skb, noencrypt);
dev_kfree_skb(skb);
} else {
+ struct ethhdr *ehdr = (void *)skb_mac_header(skb);
+
memset(skb->cb, 0, sizeof(skb->cb));
+ /*
+ * 802.1X over 802.11 requires that the authenticator address
+ * be used for EAPOL frames. However, 802.1X allows the use of
+ * the PAE group address instead. If the interface is part of
+ * a bridge and we pass the frame with the PAE group address,
+ * then the bridge will forward it to the network (even if the
+ * client was not associated yet), which isn't supposed to
+ * happen.
+ * To avoid that, rewrite the destination address to our own
+ * address, so that the authenticator (e.g. hostapd) will see
+ * the frame, but bridge won't forward it anywhere else. Note
+ * that due to earlier filtering, the only other address can
+ * be the PAE group address.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(skb->protocol == sdata->control_port_protocol &&
+ !ether_addr_equal(ehdr->h_dest, sdata->vif.addr)))
+ ether_addr_copy(ehdr->h_dest, sdata->vif.addr);
+
/* deliver to local stack */
if (rx->list)
list_add_tail(&skb->list, rx->list);
if ((sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP ||
sdata->vif.type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN) &&
!(sdata->flags & IEEE80211_SDATA_DONT_BRIDGE_PACKETS) &&
+ ehdr->h_proto != rx->sdata->control_port_protocol &&
(sdata->vif.type != NL80211_IFTYPE_AP_VLAN || !sdata->u.vlan.sta)) {
if (is_multicast_ether_addr(ehdr->h_dest) &&
ieee80211_vif_get_num_mcast_if(sdata) != 0) {