Re: [PATCH] wifi: ath12k: fix key cache handling

[Aditya Kumar Singh]

On 1/12/25 11:19, Aditya Kumar Singh wrote:
> Currently, an interface is created in the driver during channel assignment.
> If mac80211 attempts to set a key for an interface before this assignment,
> the driver caches the key. Once the interface is created, the driver
> installs the cached key to the hardware. This sequence is exemplified in
> mesh mode operation where the group key is set before channel assignment.
>
> However, in ath12k_mac_update_key_cache(), after caching the key, due to
> incorrect logic, it is deleted from the cache during the subsequent loop
> iteration. As a result, after the interface is created, the driver does not
> find any cached key, and the key is not installed to the hardware which is
> wrong. This leads to issue in mesh, where broadcast traffic is not
> encrypted over the air.
>
> Fix this issue by adjusting the logic of ath12k_mac_update_key_cache()
> properly.
>
> Tested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.3.1-00173-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1
>
> Fixes: 25e18b9d6b4b ("wifi: ath12k: modify ath12k_mac_op_set_key() for MLO")
> Signed-off-by: Aditya Kumar Singh <quic_adisi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sorry for the noise.

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Aditya