Re: [PATCH] net: nfc: nci: Fix parameter validation for packet data

[Simon Horman]

On Tue, Dec 09, 2025 at 02:21:03PM +0100, Michael Thalmeier wrote:
> Since commit 8fcc7315a10a ("net: nfc: nci: Add parameter validation for
> packet data") communication with nci nfc chips is not working any more.
> 
> The mentioned commit tries to fix access of uninitialized data, but
> failed to understand that in some cases the data packet is of variable
> length and can therefore not be compared to the maximum packet length
> given by the sizeof(struct).
> 
> For these cases it is only possible to check for minimum packet length.
> 
> Fixes: 8fcc7315a10a ("net: nfc: nci: Add parameter validation for packet data")

Hi Michael,

I don't see that hash in net. Perhaps it should be:

Fixes: 9c328f54741b ("net: nfc: nci: Add parameter validation for packet data")

> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Michael Thalmeier <michael.thalmeier@xxxxxxx>

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