Bug#651199: iwlwifi WPA-TKIP crypto failure after group rekeying

[Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>]

Hi,

> >> To summarise, a WPA-TKIP managed connection stops passing traffic and
> >> the kernel log shows the message "WPA: Group rekeying".  This apparently
> >> doesn't happen if the connection is in heavy use at the time or with
> >> module parameter swcrypto=1.  WPA2 is not affected either.
> >
> > I think this is due to my patch "iwlagn: rewrite HW crypto" which
> > accidentally broke key *removal* (of all things), which causes issues
> > when the first GTK is removed on the second rekeying.
> >
> > This patch
> > [...]h=5dcbf480473f6c3f06ad2426b7517038a2a18911
> >
> > should fix it. Wey has sent it to John
> [...]
> > it's also marked for stable.
> 
> Shawn Thompson (cc-ed) tested the patch against 3.2.9 and 3.3-rc6 and
> found it to work[1].  What can interested people do to help usher this
> into mainline?

Great, thanks for testing. The patch is already on the way into mainline
with a Cc:stable tag, so I don't think there's anything to do at this
point.

johannes