openwrt/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/ath/365-ath9k-adjust-tx-power-reduction-for-US-regulatory-do.patch
Hauke Mehrtens 65835e0d5f mac80211: Update to backports-5.10.68
Refresh all patches.
The removed patches were integrated upstream.

This contains fixes for CVE-2020-3702

1. These patches (ath, ath9k, mac80211)  were included in kernel
versions since 4.14.245 and 4.19.205. They fix security vulnerability
CVE-2020-3702 [1] similar to KrØØk, which was found by ESET [2].

Thank you Josef Schlehofer for reporting this problem.

[1] https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3702
[2] https://www.welivesecurity.com/2020/08/06/beyond-kr00k-even-more-wifi-chips-vulnerable-eavesdropping/

Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
2021-09-22 22:36:15 +02:00

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From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2017 08:49:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ath9k: adjust tx power reduction for US regulatory
domain
FCC regulatory rules allow for up to 6 dBi antenna gain. Account for
this in the EEPROM based tx power reduction code.
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
---
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
@@ -2998,6 +2998,10 @@ void ath9k_hw_apply_txpower(struct ath_h
if (ant_gain > max_gain)
ant_reduction = ant_gain - max_gain;
+ /* FCC allows maximum antenna gain of 6 dBi */
+ if (reg->region == NL80211_DFS_FCC)
+ ant_reduction = max_t(int, ant_reduction - 12, 0);
+
ah->eep_ops->set_txpower(ah, chan, ctl,
ant_reduction, new_pwr, test);
}