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

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On Thu, 2020-02-13 at 11:13 +0000, Sergey Matyukevich wrote:
> 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 :)

Ah, was on the phone and hadn't read that yet ...

> 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 ?

It's not really opt-in or not, it's entirely a kernel choice.

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

I can just take it.

johannes




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