Re: [PATCH] wifi: p54: fix incorrect frame length check in p54_find_ie()

[Johannes Berg]

On Sun, 2026-09-06 at 16:24 +0200, Christian Lamparter wrote:
> > 
> > FWIW, I dropped it because it really shouldn't have been there this way
> > since 'mgmt' can be far bigger than needed since it contains the union
> > for all kinds of action frames etc.
> > 
> > I'm not even sure it's needed regardless of the next check since the
> > beacon is built by mac80211.
> > 
> > Just blindly patching one mistake for another doesn't help anyone.
> 
> Ok, alright? I just looked in both:
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wireless/wireless-next.git/
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wireless/wireless.git/
> 
> Was there a patch already? Or did I missread the first sentence that hinted this was "dropped"?

Oh, I didn't phrase that well - I dropped the patch from my queue.

johannes