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Re: [v2,1/1] brcmfmac: fix pmksa->bssid usage

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  Re: [v2,1/1] brcmfmac: fix pmksa->bssid usage Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org> - 2016-09-03 19:10 +0200

#1475757 — Re: [v2,1/1] brcmfmac: fix pmksa->bssid usage

Nicolas Iooss <nicolas.iooss_linux@m4x.org> wrote:
> The struct cfg80211_pmksa defines its bssid field as:
> 
>     const u8 *bssid;
> 
> contrary to struct brcmf_pmksa, which uses:
> 
>     u8 bssid[ETH_ALEN];
> 
> Therefore in brcmf_cfg80211_del_pmksa(), &pmksa->bssid takes the address
> of this field (of type u8**), not the one of its content (which would be
> u8*).  Remove the & operator to make brcmf_dbg("%pM") and memcmp()
> behave as expected.
> 
> This bug have been found using a custom static checker (which checks the
> usage of %p... attributes at build time).  It has been introduced in
> commit 6c404f34f2bd ("brcmfmac: Cleanup pmksa cache handling code"),
> which replaced pmksa->bssid by &pmksa->bssid while refactoring the code,
> without modifying struct cfg80211_pmksa definition.
> 
> Replace &pmk[i].bssid with pmk[i].bssid too to make the code clearer,
> this change does not affect the semantic.
> 
> Fixes: 6c404f34f2bd ("brcmfmac: Cleanup pmksa cache handling code")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Iooss <nicolas.iooss_linux@m4x.org>

Thanks, 1 patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git:

7703773ef1d8 brcmfmac: fix pmksa->bssid usage

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9295351/

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