drivers/net: ks8842 Fix crash on received packet when in PIO mode.
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PATCH 1/1 drivers/net: ks8842 Fix crash on received packet when in PIO mode.
This patch fixes a driver crash during packet reception due to not enough bytes allocated in the skb. Since the loop reads out 4 bytes at a time, we need to allow for up to 3 bytes of slack space.
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drivers/net/ks8842.c +1 -1
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ static void ks8842_rx_frame(struct net_device *netdev,/* check the status */ if ((status &RXSR_VALID ) && !(status &RXSR_ERROR )) { -struct sk_buff *skb =netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align (netdev, len); +struct sk_buff *skb =netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align (netdev, len +3 );if (skb) {
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Thanks.
|Dennis
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From: Dennis Aberilla <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 09:46:54 +1200
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This patch fixes a driver crash during packet reception due to not enough bytes allocated in the skb. Since the loop reads out 4 bytes at a time, we need to allow for up to 3 bytes of slack space.
Signed-off-by Dennis Aberilla <[email protected]>
Applied, thanks.
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