linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: wfx: fix potential vulnerability to spectre

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Date:   Fri, 11 Oct 2019 14:10:27 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Jerome Pouiller <Jerome.Pouiller@...abs.com>
Cc:     "devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: wfx: fix potential vulnerability to spectre

On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 10:15:54AM +0000, Jerome Pouiller wrote:
> From: Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@...abs.com>
> 
> array_index_nospec() should be applied after a bound check.
> 
> Fixes: 9bca45f3d6924f19f29c0d019e961af3f41bdc9e ("staging: wfx: allow to send 802.11 frames")

No need for the full sha1, this should be:
	Fixes: 9bca45f3d692 ("staging: wfx: allow to send 802.11 frames")

The command:
	git show -s --abbrev-commit --abbrev=12 --pretty=format:"%h (\"%s\")%n"
will provide it in the correct format.

Can you fix this up and resend?

thanks,

greg k-h