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Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] cfg80211: skip strict validation for UDPATE_OWE command

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On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 10:12:47AM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
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> On Thu, 2020-02-13 at 09:07 +0000, Sergey Matyukevich wrote:
> > Do not perform strict validation of UPDATE_OWE command.
> > Otherwise, kernel rejects command executed by hostapd.
> 
> Can't we fix hostapd? I mean, it's a relatively new command, so why
> shouldn't we validate it strictly?

That is why this patch is RFC: see cover email :)

Sure, I can fix hostapd instead. Could you point me at some good
starting point to look at ? Are there any user-space tools that
started to use strict validation ?

P.S.
If you are ok with the second patch, then could you just take it
from this series ? Or should I resubmit ?

Regards,
Sergey




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