linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 26/35] brcmfmac: cfg80211: Pass the PMK in binary instead of hex

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Date:   Fri, 21 Jan 2022 08:35:43 +0100
From:   Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@...adcom.com>
To:     Hector Martin <marcan@...can.st>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        Arend van Spriel <aspriel@...il.com>,
        Franky Lin <franky.lin@...adcom.com>,
        Hante Meuleman <hante.meuleman@...adcom.com>,
        Chi-hsien Lin <chi-hsien.lin@...ineon.com>,
        Wright Feng <wright.feng@...ineon.com>,
        Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@...il.com>
Cc:     Sven Peter <sven@...npeter.dev>,
        Alyssa Rosenzweig <alyssa@...enzweig.io>,
        Mark Kettenis <kettenis@...nbsd.org>,
        Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>,
        Pieter-Paul Giesberts <pieter-paul.giesberts@...adcom.com>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        "John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
        "brian m. carlson" <sandals@...stytoothpaste.net>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@...adcom.com,
        SHA-cyfmac-dev-list@...ineon.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 26/35] brcmfmac: cfg80211: Pass the PMK in binary
 instead of hex

On 1/4/2022 8:26 AM, Hector Martin wrote:
> Apparently the hex passphrase mechanism does not work on newer
> chips/firmware (e.g. BCM4387). It seems there was a simple way of
> passing it in binary all along, so use that and avoid the hexification.
> 
> OpenBSD has been doing it like this from the beginning, so this should
> work on all chips.
> 
> Also clear the structure before setting the PMK. This was leaking
> uninitialized stack contents to the device.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Reviewed-by: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@...adcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Hector Martin <marcan@...can.st>
> ---
>   .../wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c | 13 +++++++------
>   1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

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