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Re: [PATCH] cfg80211: fix scan crash on single-band cards

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2011/7/20 Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> commit 58389c69150e6032504dfcd3edca6b1975c8b5bc
> Author: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date:   Mon Jul 18 18:08:35 2011 +0200
>
>     cfg80211: allow userspace to control supported rates in scan
>
> made single-band cards crash since it would always
> access all wiphy->bands[]. Fix this and reject any
> attempts in the new helper ieee80211_get_ratemask()
> to do the same, rejecting rates configuration for
> unsupported bands.
>
> Reported-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@xxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>

Just confirming the fix from my Broadcom cards and b43.

-- 
Rafał
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