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Re: [PATCH] wifi: mac80211: ensure beacon is non-S1G prior to extracting the beacon timestamp field

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On Thu, 2024-03-28 at 11:57 +1100, Richard Kinder wrote:
> Logic inside ieee80211_rx_mgmt_beacon accesses the
> mgmt->u.beacon.timestamp field without first checking whether the beacon
> received is non-S1G format.
> 
> Fix the problem by checking the beacon is non-S1G format to avoid access
> of the mgmt->u.beacon.timestamp field.

Huh, how did that end up being a problem, since iwlmvm with older
devices is the only driver using that flag, and it doesn't support S1G?

It's still correct, but it shouldn't be a problem now?

johannes





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