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net80211: fix WEP transmit
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Authored by adrian on Aug 15 2026, 2:41 AM.
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Summary

This was broken in 2022 with a security fix (61605e0ae5d8f) which
disallowed defaulting to the default TX key if there's no unicast
key. Unfortunately this path was also used by WEP transmit.

To fix it, add a separate check which ensures that WEP is configured
(authtype OPEN, privacy enabled) - then also check if the default TX
key is set and that said key is a WEP key.

Fixes: 61605e0ae5d8f

Locally tested:

  • rtwn(4) AP and rtwn(4) STA w/ static WEP keys configured

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Event Timeline

also it would be nice to count/log the drops here...

This revision was not accepted when it landed; it landed in state Needs Review.Aug 19 2026, 2:07 AM
This revision was automatically updated to reflect the committed changes.