linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] mac80211: minstrel, fix memory corruption

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Date:	Mon, 4 May 2009 11:38:04 -0700
From:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...il.com>
To:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
Cc:	johannes@...solutions.net, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Felix Fietkau <nbd@...nwrt.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] mac80211: minstrel, fix memory corruption

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 9:04 AM, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com> wrote:
> minstrel doesn't count max rate count in fact, since it doesn't use
> a loop variable `i' and hence allocs space only for bitrates found in
> the first band.
>
> Fix it by involving the `i' as an index so that it traverses all the
> bands now and finds the real max bitrate count.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
> Cc: Felix Fietkau <nbd@...nwrt.org>

Cc: stable@...nel.org

  Luis
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