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Subject: Re: ath9k: fix tx99 potential info leak
From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>
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miaoqing pan <miaoqing@codeaurora.org> wrote:

> When the user sets count to zero the string buffer would remain
> completely uninitialized which causes the kernel to parse its
> own stack data, potentially leading to an info leak. In addition
> to that, the string might be not terminated properly when the
> user data does not contain a 0-terminator.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Miaoqing Pan <miaoqing@codeaurora.org>
> Reviewed-by: Christoph Böhmwalder <christoph@boehmwalder.at>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

ee0a47186e2f ath9k: fix tx99 potential info leak

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9972889/

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