[PATCH] fix infinite loop in wpa_auth state machine

michael-dev michael-dev at fami-braun.de
Mon Mar 25 13:41:09 EDT 2013


Hi,

when the os is out of random bytes in SM_STATE(WPA_PTK, 
AUTHENTICATION2) in ap/wpa_auth.c, hostapd sends the sm to state 
DISCONNECT without clearing ReAuthenticationRequest, resulting in an 
infinite loop. Clearing sm->ReAuthenticationRequest using gdb fixes the 
running hostapd instance for me. Also sm->Disconnect=true should be used 
instead of wpa_sta_disconnect to make sure that the incomplete ANonce 
does not get used.

Please find a patch attached that fixes this issue by resetting 
sm->ReAuthenticationRequest even if the sta gets disconnected and uses 
sm->Disconnect instead of wpa_sta_disconnect.

Regards,
  M. Braun
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