linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] wifi: cfg80211: Fix UAF in ieee80211_scan

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Message-ID: <18292791718.88f48d22175003.6675210189148271554@siddh.me>
Date:   Fri, 12 Aug 2022 20:03:05 +0530
From:   Siddh Raman Pant <code@...dh.me>
To:     "Greg KH" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     "johannes berg" <johannes@...solutions.net>,
        "david s. miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "eric dumazet" <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "jakub kicinski" <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "paolo abeni" <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        "netdev" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "syzbot+6cb476b7c69916a0caca" 
        <syzbot+6cb476b7c69916a0caca@...kaller.appspotmail.com>,
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        <syzbot+9250865a55539d384347@...kaller.appspotmail.com>,
        "linux-kernel-mentees" 
        <linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] wifi: cfg80211: Fix UAF in ieee80211_scan_rx()

On Fri, 12 Aug 2022 17:45:58 +0530  Greg KH  wrote:
> The merge window is for new features to be added, bugfixes can be merged
> at any point in time, but most maintainers close their trees until after
> the merge window is closed before accepting new fixes, like this one.
> 
> So just relax, wait another week or so, and if there's no response,
> resend it then.
> 

Okay, sure.

> Personally, this patch seems very incorrect, but hey, I'm not the wifi
> subsystem maintainer :)

Why do you think so?

Thanks,
Siddh