linux/net/wireless/scan.c
Huang Chenming 33b2230edd wifi: cfg80211: Fix use_for flag update on BSS refresh
[ Upstream commit 4073ea5161 ]

Userspace may fail to connect to certain BSS that were initially
marked as unusable due to regulatory restrictions (use_for = 0,
e.g., 6 GHz power type mismatch). Even after these restrictions
are removed and the BSS becomes usable, connection attempts still
fail.

The issue occurs in cfg80211_update_known_bss() where the use_for
flag is updated using bitwise AND (&=) instead of direct assignment.
Once a BSS is marked with use_for = 0, the AND operation masks out
any subsequent non-zero values, permanently keeping the flag at 0.
This causes __cfg80211_get_bss(), invoked by nl80211_assoc_bss(), to
fail the check "(bss->pub.use_for & use_for) != use_for", thereby
blocking association.

Replace the bitwise AND operation with direct assignment so the use_for
flag accurately reflects the current BSS state.

Fixes: d02a12b8e4 ("wifi: cfg80211: add BSS usage reporting")
Signed-off-by: Huang Chenming <chenming.huang@oss.qualcomm.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251209025733.2098456-1-chenming.huang@oss.qualcomm.com
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
2026-03-04 07:19:58 -05:00

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