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Re: [PATCH 12/28] cfg80211: add he_capabilities (ext) IE to AP settings

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On Mon, 2018-09-03 at 10:56 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Fri, 2018-08-31 at 11:31 +0300, Luca Coelho wrote:
> > 
> > +	cap = cfg80211_find_ext_ie(WLAN_EID_EXT_HE_CAPABILITY, ies,
> > ies_len);
> > +	if (cap && cap[1] >= sizeof(*params->he_cap) + 1)
> > +		params->he_cap = (void *)(cap + 3);
> 
> I think this should validate that the element is actually well-formed
> before passing it to the driver. To do this, need to refactor the
> size
> checks from ieee80211_he_cap_ie_to_sta_he_cap().

We don't currently check any of the other IEs we use in this function. 
Do you mean that this is relevant only for HE?

I can spin the size checks off from mac80211 so it can be reused here,
but maybe that should be in a separate patch?

--
Cheers,
Luca.




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