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Re: [PATCH] mac80211: More strictly validate .abort_scan

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On Tue, 2019-10-08 at 11:33 -0500, Denis Kenzior wrote:
> nl80211 requires NL80211_CMD_ABORT_SCAN to have a wdev or netdev
> attribute present and checks that if netdev is provided it is UP.
> However, mac80211 does not check that an ongoing scan actually belongs
> to the netdev/wdev provided by the user.  In other words, it is possible
> for an application to cancel scans on an interface it doesn't manage.

I think you should do this in cfg80211.

johannes





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