linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 0/5] staging: rtl8723bs: Cleanups and OOB read fix

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Message-ID: <20260129155654.5565-1-lukagejak5@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:56:49 +0100
From: Luka Gejak <lukagejak5@...il.com>
To: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc: straube.linux@...il.com,
	dan.carpenter@...aro.org,
	linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Luka Gejak <lukagejak5@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 0/5] staging: rtl8723bs: Cleanups and OOB read fix

This series refactors the rtl8723bs driver for better compliance with
kernel coding standards and fixes a potential out-of-bounds read.

Changes in v3:
- Reordered the series so the bugfix is Patch 1/5.
- Patch 1: Dropped memcmp change, kept original byte comparison style
  for clarity (requested by Greg KH).
- Patch 1: Added Cc: stable tag.
- Patch 1: Updated commit message to explain the OOB read logic.

Changes in v2:
- Split u1bTmp rename and spacing fixes into two separate patches.
- Split hex modernization and the WMM bugfix into two separate patches.
- Added a Fixes: tag to the WMM bugfix.
- Removed an unused variable and dead debugging code.

Luka Gejak (5):
  staging: rtl8723bs: fix potential out-of-bounds read in
    rtw_restruct_wmm_ie
  staging: rtl8723bs: rename u1bTmp to val
  staging: rtl8723bs: fix spacing around operators
  staging: rtl8723bs: modernize hex output in rtw_report_sec_ie
  staging: rtl8723bs: remove dead debugging code in rtw_mlme_ext.c

 drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c     |  8 +++--
 drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c |  9 ------
 .../staging/rtl8723bs/hal/rtl8723b_hal_init.c | 32 +++++++++----------
 drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/hal/sdio_halinit.c  | 32 +++++++++----------
 4 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)

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