On Mon, 27 May 2024 at 06:41, Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, 2024-05-27 at 00:43 +0100, James Dutton wrote: > > Validation is required as a result of parameters derived from > > received wifi packets. > > I don't think I fully agree with that. First of all, this data is never > actually directly derived from the wifi packet (certainly not any > pointers or the band enum!), even the PLCP contains different encodings. > Thus there's always already a translation in driver or firmware. > > Now of course we shouldn't trust firmware either, but even then there > are a lot of places, I'd think this is better done at the driver level. > Hi johannes, You mention "certainly not any pointers or the band enum!". How certain are you about that statement? I ask because received wifi packets can and do result in unwelcome values for the pointers here. I did not say "directly derived". Kind Regards James
