linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] usb: misc: legousbtower: Fix buffers on stack

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Date:   Wed, 26 Apr 2017 11:29:13 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Maksim Salau <maksim.salau@...il.com>
Cc:     Juergen Stuber <starblue@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
        legousb-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Alfredo Rafael Vicente Boix <alviboi@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] usb: misc: legousbtower: Fix buffers on stack

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 10:49:21PM +0300, Maksim Salau wrote:
> Allocate buffers on HEAP instead of STACK for local structures
> that are to be received using usb_control_msg().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maksim Salau <maksim.salau@...il.com>
> Tested-by: Alfredo Rafael Vicente Boix <alviboi@...il.com>;
> Cc: stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
> 
> ---
>   Changes in v3:
>    * rebased against usb-next;
>    * removed Tested-by: Alfredo Rafael Vicente Boix <alviboi@...il.com>;

I added this back, as it matters, and your change from the previous
version was trivial.

>    * removed Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
>      since this patch doesn't apply against v4.10.12

I added this back as well :)

thanks,

greg k-h