linux-kernel - RE: [EXT] mwifiex: Firmware name for W8997 sdio wifi chip

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Message-ID: <VI1PR04MB4366409B8E293A265851DA948F8F0@VI1PR04MB4366.eurprd04.prod.outlook.com>
Date:   Fri, 29 May 2020 08:43:56 +0000
From:   Ganapathi Bhat <ganapathi.bhat@....com>
To:     Pali Rohár <pali@...nel.org>
CC:     Amitkumar Karwar <amitkarwar@...il.com>,
        Xinming Hu <huxinming820@...il.com>,
        Marek Behún <marek.behun@....cz>,
        "linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [EXT] mwifiex: Firmware name for W8997 sdio wifi chip

Hi Pali,

> According to publicly available information, firmware for these W8xxx
> Marvell wifi chips is vulnerable to security issue CVE-2019-6496 [1].
> 
> Are you able to update firmwares to the last versions and give us some
> information which (old) firmware versions are affected by that security issue?
> 
> So Linux distribution would know if they are distributing older vulnerable
> firmwares and should push security fixes with new firmware versions.
> 

88W8787, 88W8797, 88W8801, 88W8897, and 88W8997 models are all already updated, with one exception:
usb8897_uapsta.bin, which we will upstream soon;

Regards,
Ganapathi