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Re: [PATCH] cfg80211: Fix changing regulatory from userspace

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On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 09:34:56AM -0500, John W. Linville wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 06:28:57AM -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Timo Lindhorst <tlnd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > The commit de3584bd62d87b4c250129fbc46ca52c80330add -
> > > "cfg80211: fix regulatory NULL dereference" prevents the regulatory
> > > domain from being changed by user space. A wiphy is only present
> > > if the request comes from driver or is set by country IE, thus
> > > check only those cases.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Timo Lindhorst <tlnd@xxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Yup but at this point I'd prefer we revert the original patch instead
> > given that the patch also had some other short comings. John is it too
> > late?
> 
> No, it isn't too late to revert it.  But can we have a new fix soon?

Hmmm...actually, the original patch was sent in the batch yesterday.
And it was Cc: stable.  It would be a lot less confusing to merge a
correct fix on top (and Cc: stable on that too).  What is wrong with
this one?

John
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