Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266394AbUFQG5K (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jun 2004 02:57:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266392AbUFQG5J (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jun 2004 02:57:09 -0400 Received: from louise.pinerecords.com ([213.168.176.16]:29579 "EHLO louise.pinerecords.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266393AbUFQG41 (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jun 2004 02:56:27 -0400 Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 08:56:07 +0200 From: Tomas Szepe To: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.7 Message-ID: <20040617065607.GA11999@louise.pinerecords.com> References: <20040616111329.GA1571@louise.pinerecords.com> <20040616121850.GO12308@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040616121850.GO12308@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 968 Lines: 26 On Jun-16 2004, Wed, 13:18 +0100 viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote: > > 2.6.7's airo.ko (unlike 2.6.6's) won't allow the user to set > > ESSID via "echo myessid >/proc/driver/aironet/ethX/SSID". > > > > Changes like this shouldn't probably be made in the middle > > of a stable series. > > Changes like this are called bugs. The thing is, original variant of > function (actually, both read and write) was also buggy and trivially > exploitable, so fixing it was needed. Fscking it up was not, obviously. Sure, I just assumed somebody had done this on purpose. > Fix follows; see if it works for you. Works for me, thanks. -- Tomas Szepe - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/