nl80211/mac80211: let userspace authenticate stations

Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
index dc623d8..1c25723 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
@@ -686,6 +686,12 @@
 		if (set & BIT(NL80211_STA_FLAG_MFP))
 			sta->flags |= WLAN_STA_MFP;
 	}
+
+	if (mask & BIT(NL80211_STA_FLAG_AUTHENTICATED)) {
+		sta->flags &= ~WLAN_STA_AUTH;
+		if (set & BIT(NL80211_STA_FLAG_AUTHENTICATED))
+			sta->flags |= WLAN_STA_AUTH;
+	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sta->flaglock, flags);
 
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