mac80211: allow self-protected frame tx without sta
Useful for userspace mesh to authenticate and peer without
a station entry, since both steps may fail anyway.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Pedersen <thomas@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
index 93120de..8184d12 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
@@ -2827,7 +2827,8 @@
!rcu_access_pointer(sdata->bss->beacon))
need_offchan = true;
if (!ieee80211_is_action(mgmt->frame_control) ||
- mgmt->u.action.category == WLAN_CATEGORY_PUBLIC)
+ mgmt->u.action.category == WLAN_CATEGORY_PUBLIC ||
+ mgmt->u.action.category == WLAN_CATEGORY_SELF_PROTECTED)
break;
rcu_read_lock();
sta = sta_info_get(sdata, mgmt->da);