RE: [EXT] [PATCH net-next] mwifiex: Prevent memory corruption handling keys

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To: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>, Amitkumar Karwar <amitkarwar@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [EXT] [PATCH net-next] mwifiex: Prevent memory corruption handling keys
From: Ganapathi Bhat <ganapathi.bhat@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2020 03:43:37 +0000
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Cc: Xinming Hu <huxinming820@xxxxxxxxx>, Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>, "John W. Linville" <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Bing Zhao <bzhao@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Nishant Sarmukadam <nishants@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Marc Yang <yangyang@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "frankh@xxxxxxxxxxx" <frankh@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "kernel-janitors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <kernel-janitors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Hi Dan,

> The length of the key comes from the network and it's a 16 bit number.  It
> needs to be capped to prevent a buffer overflow.

Thank you for this change.

Acked-by: Ganapathi Bhat <ganapathi.bhat@xxxxxxx>

Regards,
Ganapathi

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