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    Bluetooth: Request MITM Protection when initiator · b16c6604
    Mikel Astiz authored
    The GAP Specification gives the flexibility to decide whether MITM
    Protection is requested or not (Bluetooth Core Specification v4.0
    Volume 3, part C, section 6.5.3) when replying to an
    HCI_EV_IO_CAPA_REQUEST event.
    
    The recommendation is *not* to set this flag "unless the security
    policy of an available local service requires MITM Protection"
    (regardless of the bonding type). However, the kernel doesn't
    necessarily have this information and therefore the safest choice is
    to always use MITM Protection, also for General Bonding.
    
    This patch changes the behavior for the General Bonding initiator
    role, always requesting MITM Protection even if no high security level
    is used. Depending on the remote capabilities, the protection might
    not be actually used, and we will accept this locally unless of course
    a high security level was originally required.
    
    Note that this was already done for Dedicated Bonding. No-Bonding is
    left unmodified because MITM Protection is normally not desired in
    these cases.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMikel Astiz <mikel.astiz@bmw-carit.de>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarTimo Mueller <timo.mueller@bmw-carit.de>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJohan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@intel.com>
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