Re: [PATCH wireless-next v2 6/6] crypto: Remove michael_mic from crypto_shash API
From: Herbert Xu
Date: Wed Apr 08 2026 - 04:13:51 EST
On Tue, Apr 07, 2026 at 08:06:51PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> Remove the "michael_mic" crypto_shash algorithm, since it's no longer
> used. Its only users were wireless drivers, which have now been
> converted to use the michael_mic() function instead.
>
> It makes sense that no other users ever appeared: Michael MIC is an
> insecure algorithm that is specific to WPA TKIP, which itself was an
> interim security solution to replace the broken WEP standard.
>
> Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Please feel free to take this via the wireless tree.
Thanks,
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