netdev - Re: NETLINK_URELEASE non-bound socket problem (was: [PATCH] Fix local DoS in cfg80211 subsystem)

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Message-ID: <1459935281.17504.69.camel@sipsolutions.net>
Date:	Wed, 06 Apr 2016 11:34:41 +0200
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	Dmitrijs Ivanovs <dmitrijs.ivanovs@...t.com>
Cc:	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	samuel <samuel@...tiz.org>,
	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
	Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
Subject: Re: NETLINK_URELEASE non-bound socket problem (was: [PATCH] Fix
 local DoS in cfg80211 subsystem)

On Wed, 2016-04-06 at 11:20 +0300, Dmitrijs Ivanovs wrote:
> Hi Johannes!
> 
> I will prepare patch which does not send NETLINK_URELEASE for unbound
> sockets as you suggest. But I think protocol check in nl80211 is
> still needed because port_id is unique per-protocol.
> 

Yes, good point. Can you please send that as a separate patch? That one
should have a

Fixes: 026331c4d9b5 ("cfg80211/mac80211: allow registering for and sending action frames")

tag. I'll apply this one right away, but the other one should probably
go through Dave's tree.

Thanks,
johannes