netdev - Re: Please backport "mwifiex: Fix NL80211_TX_POWER

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Date:   Mon, 25 Nov 2019 08:41:21 -0500
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Amitkumar Karwar <amitkarwar@...il.com>,
        Nishant Sarmukadam <nishants@...vell.com>,
        Ganapathi Bhat <gbhat@...vell.com>,
        Xinming Hu <huxinming820@...il.com>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Please backport "mwifiex: Fix NL80211_TX_POWER_LIMITED" to
 stable branches

On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 07:24:31PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
>Please backport commit 65a576e27309120e0621f54d5c81eb9128bd56be
>"mwifiex: Fix NL80211_TX_POWER_LIMITED" to stable branches.
>
>It is a non-CVE kind of security issue when a wifi adapter
>exceeds the configured TX power limit.
>
>The commit applies and builds against all branches from 3.16 to 4.19,
>confirmed working with 4.14. It is already included in kernel 5.3.

Queued up for all branches, thanks!

-- 
Thanks,
Sasha