nl80211/mac80211: let userspace authenticate stations

Signed-off-by: Javier Cardona <javier@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
index dc623d884d02..1c25723eacda 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
@@ -686,6 +686,12 @@ static void sta_apply_parameters(struct ieee80211_local *local,
                 if (set & BIT(NL80211_STA_FLAG_MFP))
                         sta->flags |= WLAN_STA_MFP;
         }
+
+        if (mask & BIT(NL80211_STA_FLAG_AUTHENTICATED)) {
+                sta->flags &= ~WLAN_STA_AUTH;
+                if (set & BIT(NL80211_STA_FLAG_AUTHENTICATED))
+                        sta->flags |= WLAN_STA_AUTH;
+        }
         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sta->flaglock, flags);
 
         /*