Re: [BUG] r8188eu: Potential deadlocks in rtw_wx_set_wap/essid functions

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Tue Feb 25 2025 - 09:56:11 EST


On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 01:57:05PM +0000, Phillip Potter wrote:
> > This issue exists in longterm kernels containing the r8188eu driver:
> >
> > 5.4.y (until 5.4.290)
> > 5.10.y (until 5.10.234)
> > 5.15.y (until 5.15.178)
> > 6.1.y (until 6.1.129)

This work is interesting, but we're not going to patch old kernels to
fix static checker bugs. If the driver were still present in current
kernels or if it were a privilege escalation bug that would be a
different story.

regards,
dan carpenter