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-rw-r--r--net/wireless/nl80211.c14
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index d47e55e3f445..9eb59196a378 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -7501,6 +7501,7 @@ static int nl80211_channel_switch(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
static struct nlattr *csa_attrs[NL80211_ATTR_MAX+1];
int err;
bool need_new_beacon = false;
+ bool need_handle_dfs_flag = true;
int len, i;
u32 cs_count;
@@ -7512,6 +7513,12 @@ static int nl80211_channel_switch(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
case NL80211_IFTYPE_AP:
case NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_GO:
need_new_beacon = true;
+ /* For all modes except AP the handle_dfs flag needs to be
+ * supplied to tell the kernel that userspace will handle radar
+ * events when they happen. Otherwise a switch to a channel
+ * requiring DFS will be rejected.
+ */
+ need_handle_dfs_flag = false;
/* useless if AP is not running */
if (!wdev->beacon_interval)
@@ -7634,8 +7641,13 @@ skip_beacons:
if (err < 0)
return err;
- if (err > 0)
+ if (err > 0) {
params.radar_required = true;
+ if (need_handle_dfs_flag &&
+ !nla_get_flag(info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_HANDLE_DFS])) {
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ }
if (info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_CH_SWITCH_BLOCK_TX])
params.block_tx = true;