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User-space supplicant (observed at least on wpa_supplicant) historically parses the NL80211_ATTR_AKM_SUITES from the NL80211_CMD_EXTERNAL_AUTH message as big endian _only_ when its value is WLAN_AKM_SUITE_SAE, while processing anything else in host endian. This behavior makes any driver relying on SAE external auth to switch AKM suite to big endian if it is WLAN_AKM_SUITE_SAE. A fix bringing compatibility with both endianness has been brought into wpa_supplicant, however we must keep compatibility with older versions, while trying to reduce the occurences of this manual conversion in wireless drivers. Add the be32 conversion specifically on WLAN_AKM_SUITE_SAE in nl80211 layer to keep compatibility with older wpa_supplicant versions. Suggested-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: Alexis Lothoré <alexis.lothore@bootlin.com> Link: https://msgid.link/20240215-nl80211_fix_akm_suites_endianness-v1-1-57e902632f9d@bootlin.com Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.