netdev - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.4 008/187] mwifiex: fix possible heap overflow in mwifiex_process_country

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Date:   Thu, 9 Jan 2020 10:29:25 -0500
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        huangwen <huangwenabc@...il.com>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        "<netdev@...r.kernel.org>" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ganapathi Bhat <ganapathi.bhat@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.4 008/187] mwifiex: fix possible heap overflow
 in mwifiex_process_country_ie()

On Mon, Jan 06, 2020 at 02:51:28PM -0800, Brian Norris wrote:
>On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 9:59 AM Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org> wrote:
>>
>> From: Ganapathi Bhat <gbhat@...vell.com>
>>
>> [ Upstream commit 3d94a4a8373bf5f45cf5f939e88b8354dbf2311b ]
>
>FYI, this upstream commit has unbalanced locking. I've submitted a
>followup here:
>
>[PATCH] mwifiex: fix unbalanced locking in mwifiex_process_country_ie()
>https://lkml.kernel.org/linux-wireless/20200106224212.189763-1-briannorris@chromium.org/T/#u
>https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11320227/
>
>I'd recommend holding off until that gets landed somewhere. (Same for
>the AUTOSEL patches sent to other kernel branches.)

I'll drop it for now, just ping us when the fix is in and we'll get both
patches queued back up.

-- 
Thanks,
Sasha