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-rw-r--r--net/wireless/nl80211.c29
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diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 080fd470fdec..fbb63d3ddc78 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy nl80211_policy[NL80211_ATTR_MAX+1] = {
[NL80211_ATTR_SCHED_SCAN_INTERVAL] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
[NL80211_ATTR_REKEY_DATA] = { .type = NLA_NESTED },
[NL80211_ATTR_SCAN_SUPP_RATES] = { .type = NLA_NESTED },
+ [NL80211_ATTR_HIDDEN_SSID] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
};
/* policy for the key attributes */
@@ -2010,6 +2011,34 @@ static int nl80211_addset_beacon(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
if (err)
return err;
+ /*
+ * In theory, some of these attributes could be required for
+ * NEW_BEACON, but since they were not used when the command was
+ * originally added, keep them optional for old user space
+ * programs to work with drivers that do not need the additional
+ * information.
+ */
+ if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_SSID]) {
+ params.ssid = nla_data(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_SSID]);
+ params.ssid_len =
+ nla_len(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_SSID]);
+ if (params.ssid_len == 0 ||
+ params.ssid_len > IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_HIDDEN_SSID]) {
+ params.hidden_ssid = nla_get_u32(
+ info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_HIDDEN_SSID]);
+ if (params.hidden_ssid !=
+ NL80211_HIDDEN_SSID_NOT_IN_USE &&
+ params.hidden_ssid !=
+ NL80211_HIDDEN_SSID_ZERO_LEN &&
+ params.hidden_ssid !=
+ NL80211_HIDDEN_SSID_ZERO_CONTENTS)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
call = rdev->ops->add_beacon;
break;
case NL80211_CMD_SET_BEACON:
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