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, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index cbedfc2a42a2..ce29a0d0e88e 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -1925,6 +1925,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy sta_flags_policy[NL80211_STA_FLAG_MAX + 1] = {
         [NL80211_STA_FLAG_SHORT_PREAMBLE] = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
         [NL80211_STA_FLAG_WME] = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
         [NL80211_STA_FLAG_MFP] = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
+        [NL80211_STA_FLAG_AUTHENTICATED] = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
 };
 
 static int parse_station_flags(struct genl_info *info,
@@ -2284,7 +2285,9 @@ static int nl80211_set_station(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
                         err = -EINVAL;
                 if (params.supported_rates)
                         err = -EINVAL;
-                if (params.sta_flags_mask)
+                if (params.sta_flags_mask &
+                                ~(BIT(NL80211_STA_FLAG_AUTHENTICATED) |
+                                  BIT(NL80211_STA_FLAG_AUTHORIZED)))
                         err = -EINVAL;
                 break;
         default: