linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/10] staging: r8188eu: remove the private "test" ioctl

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Date:   Thu, 6 Jan 2022 11:52:03 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Martin Kaiser <martin@...ser.cx>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>,
        Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/10] staging: r8188eu: remove the private "test" ioctl

On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 10:25:34PM +0100, Martin Kaiser wrote:
> Remove the private "test" ioctl. It copies data from user space,
> this data is not used.

It also had some memory corruption bugs because of the lack of NUL
termination.

regards,
dan carpenter