netdev - Re: Please backport "mwifiex: Fix NL80211_TX_POWER

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Message-ID: <bc4aa741a1da2e4929af072c93566c20729eb687.camel@decadent.org.uk>
Date:   Tue, 07 Jan 2020 20:04:01 +0000
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     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, 2019-11-22 at 19:24 +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 3.16, thanks.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Larkinson's Law: All laws are basically false.



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