Miles Lane wrote:
> It occurs to me that these messages occured while I was connected to a
> public WIFI AP at the airport in Phoenix. It may be that the network
> configuration or my distance from the AP had a part to play in the
> messages being triggered. If so, I may have trouble reproducing the
> problem. I'll be interested to hear from some of the IEEE80211
> developers on what these messages indicate.
> ieee80211: Info elem: parse failed: info_element->len + 2 > left :
> info_element->len+2=28 left=9, id=221.
> ieee80211: Info elem: parse failed: info_element->len + 2 > left :
> info_element->len+2=28 left=9, id=221.
> ieee80211: Info elem: parse failed: info_element->len + 2 > left :
> info_element->len+2=28 left=9, id=221.
Without the actual full data frame it is difficult to determine the root
cause (faulty AP, wireless attack, or bug in ieee80211_rx.c). If you
happen to find yourself in a situation where this occurs repeatedly, try
performing a packet capture w/ ethereal or similar to grab the packet.
If ethereal can parse the frame correctly but you still see the message
from ieee80211, chances are its a bug in ieee80211_parse_info_param.
If you don't have ethereal, you can use the attached untested (beyond
build) patch against ieee80211_rx.c to dump the frame to the kernel log
(borrows the printk_buf function from ipw2200.c). From that raw frame
dump we should be able to figure out if its a bug
ieee80211_parse_info_param or a bogus over the air packet.
James
[DEBUG] Add hex dump of Rx'd 802.11 frames if they fail the IE parse tests
This patch just adds a call to do a data hex dump to the kernel log of
Rx'd data frames when parsing fails. The code is (more or less)
borrowed from ipw2200.c.
Signed-off-by: James Ketrenos <[email protected]>
diff --git a/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c b/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c
index 72d4d4e..ccde64b 100644
--- a/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c
+++ b/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c
@@ -1049,6 +1049,59 @@ static const char *get_info_element_stri
}
#endif
+
+static int snprint_line(char *buf, size_t count,
+ const u8 * data, u32 len, u32 ofs)
+{
+ int out, i, j, l;
+ char c;
+
+ out = snprintf(buf, count, "%08X", ofs);
+
+ for (l = 0, i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+ out += snprintf(buf + out, count - out, " ");
+ for (j = 0; j < 8 && l < len; j++, l++)
+ out += snprintf(buf + out, count - out, "%02X ",
+ data[(i * 8 + j)]);
+ for (; j < 8; j++)
+ out += snprintf(buf + out, count - out, " ");
+ }
+
+ out += snprintf(buf + out, count - out, " ");
+ for (l = 0, i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+ out += snprintf(buf + out, count - out, " ");
+ for (j = 0; j < 8 && l < len; j++, l++) {
+ c = data[(i * 8 + j)];
+ if (!isascii(c) || !isprint(c))
+ c = '.';
+
+ out += snprintf(buf + out, count - out, "%c", c);
+ }
+
+ for (; j < 8; j++)
+ out += snprintf(buf + out, count - out, " ");
+ }
+
+ return out;
+}
+
+static void printk_buf(int level, const u8 * data, u32 len)
+{
+ char line[81];
+ u32 ofs = 0;
+ if (!(ieee80211_debug_level & level))
+ return;
+
+ while (len) {
+ snprint_line(line, sizeof(line), &data[ofs],
+ min(len, 16U), ofs);
+ printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s\n", line);
+ ofs += 16;
+ len -= min(len, 16U);
+ }
+}
+
+
static int ieee80211_parse_info_param(struct ieee80211_info_element
*info_element, u16 length,
struct ieee80211_network *network)
@@ -1304,9 +1357,12 @@ static int ieee80211_handle_assoc_resp(s
network->rsn_ie_len = 0;
if (ieee80211_parse_info_param
- (frame->info_element, stats->len - sizeof(*frame), network))
+ (frame->info_element, stats->len - sizeof(*frame), network)) {
+ printk_buf(IEEE80211_DL_MGMT, (u8*)frame,
+ stats->len);
return 1;
-
+ }
+
network->mode = 0;
if (stats->freq == IEEE80211_52GHZ_BAND)
network->mode = IEEE_A;
@@ -1367,8 +1423,11 @@ static int ieee80211_network_init(struct
network->rsn_ie_len = 0;
if (ieee80211_parse_info_param
- (beacon->info_element, stats->len - sizeof(*beacon), network))
+ (beacon->info_element, stats->len - sizeof(*beacon), network)) {
+ printk_buf(IEEE80211_DL_MGMT, (u8*)beacon,
+ stats->len);
return 1;
+ }
network->mode = 0;
if (stats->freq == IEEE80211_52GHZ_BAND)
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