cfg80211: Allow user space to specify non-IEs to SAE Authentication
SAE extends Authentication frames with fields that are not information
elements. NL80211_ATTR_IE is not suitable for these, so introduce a new
attribute that can be used to specify the fields needed for SAE in
station mode.
Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>
[change to verify that SAE is only used with authenticate command]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index 7df9b500..179a0c2 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -1273,6 +1273,9 @@
* the connection request from a station. nl80211_connect_failed_reason
* enum has different reasons of connection failure.
*
+ * @NL80211_ATTR_SAE_DATA: SAE elements in Authentication frames. This starts
+ * with the Authentication transaction sequence number field.
+ *
* @NL80211_ATTR_MAX: highest attribute number currently defined
* @__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST: internal use
*/
@@ -1530,6 +1533,8 @@
NL80211_ATTR_CONN_FAILED_REASON,
+ NL80211_ATTR_SAE_DATA,
+
/* add attributes here, update the policy in nl80211.c */
__NL80211_ATTR_AFTER_LAST,
@@ -2489,6 +2494,7 @@
* @NL80211_AUTHTYPE_SHARED_KEY: Shared Key authentication (WEP only)
* @NL80211_AUTHTYPE_FT: Fast BSS Transition (IEEE 802.11r)
* @NL80211_AUTHTYPE_NETWORK_EAP: Network EAP (some Cisco APs and mainly LEAP)
+ * @NL80211_AUTHTYPE_SAE: Simultaneous authentication of equals
* @__NL80211_AUTHTYPE_NUM: internal
* @NL80211_AUTHTYPE_MAX: maximum valid auth algorithm
* @NL80211_AUTHTYPE_AUTOMATIC: determine automatically (if necessary by
@@ -2500,6 +2506,7 @@
NL80211_AUTHTYPE_SHARED_KEY,
NL80211_AUTHTYPE_FT,
NL80211_AUTHTYPE_NETWORK_EAP,
+ NL80211_AUTHTYPE_SAE,
/* keep last */
__NL80211_AUTHTYPE_NUM,
@@ -3028,6 +3035,9 @@
* in the interface combinations, even when it's only used for scan
* and remain-on-channel. This could be due to, for example, the
* remain-on-channel implementation requiring a channel context.
+ * @NL80211_FEATURE_SAE: This driver supports simultaneous authentication of
+ * equals (SAE) with user space SME (NL80211_CMD_AUTHENTICATE) in station
+ * mode
*/
enum nl80211_feature_flags {
NL80211_FEATURE_SK_TX_STATUS = 1 << 0,
@@ -3035,6 +3045,7 @@
NL80211_FEATURE_INACTIVITY_TIMER = 1 << 2,
NL80211_FEATURE_CELL_BASE_REG_HINTS = 1 << 3,
NL80211_FEATURE_P2P_DEVICE_NEEDS_CHANNEL = 1 << 4,
+ NL80211_FEATURE_SAE = 1 << 5,
};
/**