mwifiex: fix IE parsing issues

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IE's are parsed from beacon buffer and stored locally using
mwifiex_update_bss_desc_with_ie() function.
Sometimes the local pointers point to the data inside IE, but
while using them it is assumed that they are pointing to the IE
itself.

These issues are fixed in this patch.

Signed-off-by: Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Avinash Patil <patila@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Bing Zhao <bzhao@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

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Amitkumar Karwar 2014-04-16 22:01:53 -07:00 • committed by John W. Linville

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drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/11ac.c

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drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/11n.c

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drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c

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