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OCV: Include and verify OCI in SA Query frames

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Include an OCI element in SA Query Request and Response frames if OCV
has been negotiated.

On Linux, a kernel patch is needed to let clients correctly handle SA
Query Requests that contain an OCI element. Without this patch, the
kernel will reply to the SA Query Request itself, without verifying the
included OCI. Additionally, the SA Query Response sent by the kernel
will not include an OCI element. The correct operation of the AP does
not require a kernel patch.

Without the corresponding kernel patch, SA Query Requests sent by the
client are still valid, meaning they do include an OCI element.
Note that an AP does not require any kernel patches. In other words, SA
Query frames sent and received by the AP are properly handled, even
without a kernel patch.

As a result, the kernel patch is only required to make the client properly
process and respond to a SA Query Request from the AP. Without this
patch, the client will send a SA Query Response without an OCI element,
causing the AP to silently ignore the response and eventually disconnect
the client from the network if OCV has been negotiated to be used.

Signed-off-by: Mathy Vanhoef <Mathy.Vanhoef@cs.kuleuven.be>
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Mathy Vanhoef 2018-08-06 15:46:34 -04:00 • committed by Jouni Malinen
parent e63d8837dd
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src/ap/ieee802_11.h
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@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ void ieee802_11_rx_from_unknown(struct hostapd_data *hapd, const u8 *src,
u8 * hostapd_eid_assoc_comeback_time(struct hostapd_data *hapd,
struct sta_info *sta, u8 *eid);
void ieee802_11_sa_query_action(struct hostapd_data *hapd,
const u8 *sa, const u8 action_type,
const u8 *trans_id);
const struct ieee80211_mgmt *mgmt,
size_t len);
u8 * hostapd_eid_interworking(struct hostapd_data *hapd, u8 *eid);
u8 * hostapd_eid_adv_proto(struct hostapd_data *hapd, u8 *eid);
u8 * hostapd_eid_roaming_consortium(struct hostapd_data *hapd, u8 *eid);