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Ethereal-dev: [Ethereal-dev] Patch for decoding errors in packet-gsm_a.c

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From: "Patrik Olsson" <patrik.olsson@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:44:31 -0000
Dear Ethereal-developers,

Attached is a patch that fixes several decoding problem is the gsm_a
dissector. The bugs are also submitted to bugzilla id #684 and #687.

The problems are

1. Incorrect decoding of several fields in the Mobile Station Classmark 2 IE
in packet-gsm.c

I have found incorrect decoding of several fields in the Mobile Classmark 2
IE in GSM_A due to wrong bit masks being used

"ES IND" shares one bit with "Revision Level"

"A5/1 support" is bit 4, not bit 5.

"CM3" is bit 8 in octet three, not bit 1 in octet two.

"LCS VA" is bit 6, not bit 8.


The fields for "A5/2" and "A5/3" support has their values swapped around.
"0" means "not supported" and "1" means supported.


2. Incorrect decoding of Additional Access Technologies in IE MS Radio
Access Capability in packet-gsm_a.c

If the field "Additional Access Technologies" contains multiple additional
access technologies, the decoding is incorrect. There is a presence flag
missing in the decoding.

Log showing the incorrect decoding

    MS Radio Access Capability
        Length: 11
        MS RA capability 1
            Access Technology Type: (1) GSM E --note that GSM E covers GSM P
            Length: 0x2a bits (42)
            RF Power Capability, GMSK Power Class: (4) 2 W (33 dBm)
            A5 Bits: (1) A5 bits follows
            A5/1: (1) encryption algorithm available

<... not required information removed ...>

            CDMA 2000 Radio Access Technology Capability: (0) CDMA 2000 not
supported
        MS RA capability 2
            Access Technology Type: (15) Indicates the presence of a list of
Additional access technologies
            Length: 0x15 bits (21)
            Access Technology Type: (11) unknown
            RF Power Capability, GMSK Power Class: (6) Not specified??
            8PSK Power Class: (0) 8PSK modulation not supported for uplink




with the supplied patch the decoding is successful


    MS Radio Access Capability
        Length: 11
        MS RA capability 1
            Access Technology Type: (1) GSM E --note that GSM E covers GSM P
            Length: 0x2a bits (42)
            RF Power Capability, GMSK Power Class: (4) 2 W (33 dBm)
            A5 Bits: (1) A5 bits follows
            A5/1: (1) encryption algorithm available

<... not required information removed ...>

            CDMA 2000 Radio Access Technology Capability: (0) CDMA 2000 not
supported
        MS RA capability 2
            Access Technology Type: (15) Indicates the presence of a list of
Additional access technologies
            Length: 0x15 bits (21)
            Presence: (1) Present
            Access Technology Type: (7) GSM 850
            RF Power Capability, GMSK Power Class: (4) 2 W (33 dBm)
            8PSK Power Class: (0) 8PSK modulation not supported for uplink
            Presence: (1) Present
            Access Technology Type: (3) GSM 1800
            RF Power Capability, GMSK Power Class: (1) 1 W (30 dBm)
            8PSK Power Class: (0) 8PSK modulation not supported for uplink
            Presence: (0) Not Present



Regards,

Patrik


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Patrik Olsson
TTPCom Ltd

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