nl80211: add an option to allow MFP without requiring it

The user space can now allow the kernel to associate to an AP that
requires MFP or that doesn't have MFP enabled in the same
NL80211_CMD_CONNECT command, by using a new NL80211_MFP_OPTIONAL flag.
The driver / firmware will decide whether to use it or not.

Include a feature bit to advertise support for NL80211_MFP_OPTIONAL.
This allows new user space to run on old kernels and know that it
cannot use the new attribute if it isn't supported.

Signed-off-by: Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

2 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index 76404d8a8863..59ba6ca66a0d 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -1407,8 +1407,12 @@ enum nl80211_commands {
  *
  * @NL80211_ATTR_USE_MFP: Whether management frame protection (IEEE 802.11w) is
  *	used for the association (&enum nl80211_mfp, represented as a u32);
- *	this attribute can be used
- *	with %NL80211_CMD_ASSOCIATE and %NL80211_CMD_CONNECT requests
+ *	this attribute can be used with %NL80211_CMD_ASSOCIATE and
+ *	%NL80211_CMD_CONNECT requests. %NL80211_MFP_OPTIONAL is not allowed for
+ *	%NL80211_CMD_ASSOCIATE since user space SME is expected and hence, it
+ *	must have decided whether to use management frame protection or not.
+ *	Setting %NL80211_MFP_OPTIONAL with a %NL80211_CMD_CONNECT request will
+ *	let the driver (or the firmware) decide whether to use MFP or not.
  *
  * @NL80211_ATTR_STA_FLAGS2: Attribute containing a
  *	&struct nl80211_sta_flag_update.
@@ -3947,10 +3951,12 @@ enum nl80211_key_type {
  * enum nl80211_mfp - Management frame protection state
  * @NL80211_MFP_NO: Management frame protection not used
  * @NL80211_MFP_REQUIRED: Management frame protection required
+ * @NL80211_MFP_OPTIONAL: Management frame protection is optional
  */
 enum nl80211_mfp {
 	NL80211_MFP_NO,
 	NL80211_MFP_REQUIRED,
+	NL80211_MFP_OPTIONAL,
 };
 
 enum nl80211_wpa_versions {
@@ -4923,6 +4929,8 @@ enum nl80211_feature_flags {
  *	the first probe request in each channel at rate of at least 5.5Mbps.
  * @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_OCE_PROBE_REQ_DEFERRAL_SUPPRESSION: Driver supports
  *	probe request tx deferral and suppression
+ * @NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_MFP_OPTIONAL: Driver supports the %NL80211_MFP_OPTIONAL
+ *	value in %NL80211_ATTR_USE_MFP.
  *
  * @NUM_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES: number of extended features.
  * @MAX_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES: highest extended feature index.
@@ -4949,6 +4957,7 @@ enum nl80211_ext_feature_index {
 	NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_ACCEPT_BCAST_PROBE_RESP,
 	NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_OCE_PROBE_REQ_HIGH_TX_RATE,
 	NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_OCE_PROBE_REQ_DEFERRAL_SUPPRESSION,
+	NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_MFP_OPTIONAL,
 
 	/* add new features before the definition below */
 	NUM_NL80211_EXT_FEATURES,
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 2e6f5f4065f9..1e39ba3cfd06 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -8952,8 +8952,14 @@ static int nl80211_connect(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 
 	if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_USE_MFP]) {
 		connect.mfp = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_USE_MFP]);
+		if (connect.mfp == NL80211_MFP_OPTIONAL &&
+		    !wiphy_ext_feature_isset(&rdev->wiphy,
+					     NL80211_EXT_FEATURE_MFP_OPTIONAL))
+			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 		if (connect.mfp != NL80211_MFP_REQUIRED &&
-		    connect.mfp != NL80211_MFP_NO)
+		    connect.mfp != NL80211_MFP_NO &&
+		    connect.mfp != NL80211_MFP_OPTIONAL)
 			return -EINVAL;
 	} else {
 		connect.mfp = NL80211_MFP_NO;