mac80211: Ignore VHT IE from peer with wrong rx_mcs_map
This is a workaround for VHT-enabled STAs which break the spec and have the VHT-MCS Rx map filled in with value 3 for all eight spacial streams, an example is AR9462 in AP mode. As per spec, in section 22.1.1 Introduction to the VHT PHY A VHT STA shall support at least single spactial stream VHT-MCSs 0 to 7 (transmit and receive) in all supported channel widths. Some devices in STA mode will get firmware assert when trying to associate, examples are QCA9377 & QCA6174. Packet example of broken VHT Cap IE of AR9462: Tag: VHT Capabilities (IEEE Std 802.11ac/D3.1) Tag Number: VHT Capabilities (IEEE Std 802.11ac/D3.1) (191) Tag length: 12 VHT Capabilities Info: 0x00000000 VHT Supported MCS Set Rx MCS Map: 0xffff .... .... .... ..11 = Rx 1 SS: Not Supported (0x0003) .... .... .... 11.. = Rx 2 SS: Not Supported (0x0003) .... .... ..11 .... = Rx 3 SS: Not Supported (0x0003) .... .... 11.. .... = Rx 4 SS: Not Supported (0x0003) .... ..11 .... .... = Rx 5 SS: Not Supported (0x0003) .... 11.. .... .... = Rx 6 SS: Not Supported (0x0003) ..11 .... .... .... = Rx 7 SS: Not Supported (0x0003) 11.. .... .... .... = Rx 8 SS: Not Supported (0x0003) ...0 0000 0000 0000 = Rx Highest Long GI Data Rate (in Mb/s, 0 = subfield not in use): 0x0000 Tx MCS Map: 0xffff ...0 0000 0000 0000 = Tx Highest Long GI Data Rate (in Mb/s, 0 = subfield not in use): 0x0000 Signed-off-by: Filip Matusiak <filip.matusiak@tieto.com> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
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