From: Pradeep Kumar Chitrapu <pradeepc@codeaurora.org>
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2021 17:46:15 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: mesh: Enable MFP by default for 6 GHz 11s mesh
X-Git-Tag: hostap_2_10~60
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ab0af709dfcf2906c69038555aa3e72a182b1409;p=thirdparty%2Fhostap.git

mesh: Enable MFP by default for 6 GHz 11s mesh

IEEE Std 802.11ax-2021 mandates 6 GHz STA to use Management Frame
Protection (MFP) when RSN is enabled.

Signed-off-by: Pradeep Kumar Chitrapu <pradeepc@codeaurora.org>
---

diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/mesh.c b/wpa_supplicant/mesh.c
index 4e9d89061..7938b8b49 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/mesh.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/mesh.c
@@ -438,6 +438,13 @@ static int wpa_supplicant_mesh_init(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s,
 		goto out_free;
 
 	if (is_6ghz_freq(freq->freq)) {
+		/*
+		 * IEEE Std 802.11ax-2021, 12.12.2:
+		 * The STA shall use management frame protection (MFPR=1) when
+		 * using RSN.
+		 */
+		ssid->ieee80211w = MGMT_FRAME_PROTECTION_REQUIRED;
+
 		/* Set mandatory op_class parameter for setting up BSS */
 		switch (freq->bandwidth) {
 		case 20: