Re: [PATCH v6] wifi: brcmfmac: cyw: pass PMKID to firmware if present

Arend van Spriel <[email protected]>
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.brcm80211,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-wireless,org.kernel.vger.stable
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Op 7 augustus 2026 18:37:48 schreef Bogdan Nicolae <[email protected]>:

> Zero out auth_status on initialization. Otherwise, garbage will
> leak from the stack to the firmware (when ssid is less than 32 bytes
> and/or when params->pmkid is set). Then, pass the params->pmkid to the
> firmware (without it, the firmware caches a garbage PMKID on successful
> authentication and denies a subsequent association request that includes
> the PMKID).
>
> Fixes: 66f909308a7c ("wifi: brcmfmac: cyw: support external SAE 
> authentication in station mode")
> Signed-off-by: Bogdan Nicolae <[email protected]>
> Acked-by: Arend van Spriel <[email protected]>

Hi Bogdan,

Looks good so my Acked-by: still stands. Thanks for going with the flow.

Regards,
Arend

> ---
> v6: Fixed diff line number
> v5: Fixed line length > 80 chars
> v4: Fixed indentation
> v3: Added Fixes, Cc: stable, and Acked-by tags
> v2: Split into a separate patch
>
> drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cyw/core.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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