mac80211: allow self-protected frame tx without sta

Useful for userspace mesh to authenticate and peer without
a station entry, since both steps may fail anyway.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Pedersen <thomas@cozybit.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/mac80211/cfg.c b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
index 93120de776f0..8184d121ff09 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/cfg.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/cfg.c
@@ -2827,7 +2827,8 @@ static int ieee80211_mgmt_tx(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct wireless_dev *wdev,
                     !rcu_access_pointer(sdata->bss->beacon))
                         need_offchan = true;
                 if (!ieee80211_is_action(mgmt->frame_control) ||
-                    mgmt->u.action.category == WLAN_CATEGORY_PUBLIC)
+                    mgmt->u.action.category == WLAN_CATEGORY_PUBLIC ||
+                    mgmt->u.action.category == WLAN_CATEGORY_SELF_PROTECTED)
                         break;
                 rcu_read_lock();
                 sta = sta_info_get(sdata, mgmt->da);