3 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/net/wireless/reg.c b/net/wireless/reg.c
index 5e14371cda70..75a406d33619 100644
--- a/net/wireless/reg.c
+++ b/net/wireless/reg.c
@@ -1089,17 +1089,18 @@ static void handle_reg_beacon(struct wiphy *wiphy,
 
         chan->beacon_found = true;
 
+        if (wiphy->disable_beacon_hints)
+                return;
+
         chan_before.center_freq = chan->center_freq;
         chan_before.flags = chan->flags;
 
-        if ((chan->flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_PASSIVE_SCAN) &&
-            !(chan->orig_flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_PASSIVE_SCAN)) {
+        if (chan->flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_PASSIVE_SCAN) {
                 chan->flags &= ~IEEE80211_CHAN_PASSIVE_SCAN;
                 channel_changed = true;
         }
 
-        if ((chan->flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_IBSS) &&
-            !(chan->orig_flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_IBSS)) {
+        if (chan->flags & IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_IBSS) {
                 chan->flags &= ~IEEE80211_CHAN_NO_IBSS;
                 channel_changed = true;
         }
diff --git a/net/wireless/reg.h b/net/wireless/reg.h
index e37829a49dc4..4e167a8e11be 100644
--- a/net/wireless/reg.h
+++ b/net/wireless/reg.h
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ int set_regdom(const struct ieee80211_regdomain *rd);
  * non-radar 5 GHz channels.
  *
  * Drivers do not need to call this, cfg80211 will do it for after a scan
- * on a newly found BSS.
+ * on a newly found BSS. If you cannot make use of this feature you can
+ * set the wiphy->disable_beacon_hints to true.
  */
 int regulatory_hint_found_beacon(struct wiphy *wiphy,
                                         struct ieee80211_channel *beacon_chan,
diff --git a/net/wireless/scan.c b/net/wireless/scan.c
index 9271118e1fc4..7e595ce24eeb 100644
--- a/net/wireless/scan.c
+++ b/net/wireless/scan.c
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static int cmp_ies(u8 num, u8 *ies1, size_t len1, u8 *ies2, size_t len2)
 
         if (!ie1 && !ie2)
                 return 0;
-        if (!ie1)
+        if (!ie1 || !ie2)
                 return -1;
 
         r = memcmp(ie1 + 2, ie2 + 2, min(ie1[1], ie2[1]));
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ static bool is_mesh(struct cfg80211_bss *a,
         ie = find_ie(WLAN_EID_MESH_CONFIG,
                      a->information_elements,
                      a->len_information_elements);
+        if (!ie)
+                return false;
         if (ie[1] != IEEE80211_MESH_CONFIG_LEN)
                 return false;