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Re: [PATCH 2/2] Check protocol number in nl80211 netlink socket release notification handler.

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On Wed, 2016-04-06 at 17:23 +0300, Dmitry Ivanov wrote:
> This patch corrects the problem where non-privileged user can create
> netlink socket with the same port_id as used by hostapd but different
> protocol number. Upon close() or process termination, a notification
> is
> sent  to nl80211 subsystem which will destroy virtual wireless
> network
> interfaces created by hostapd like it just died but in fact hostapd
> is
> still running. This is possible because port_id is unique within
> particular
> protocol number only.
> 
Applied.

johannes
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