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Re: [RFC PATCH] introduce WEXT scan capabilities

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> > Because wext is stupidly defined, you can never extend any structures it
> > uses. Wext never passes in the length that userspace expects to passing
> > in longer structures than the fixed one userspace expects will always
> > overwrite something in userspace, possibly on the stack.
> > 
> > johannes
> 
> 	Please check again...

I have. It's worse than I thought, there's a length parameter but it's
not used properly.

johannes

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