netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] wimax: i2400m - prevent a possible kernel bug due to missing fw

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Date:	Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:30:25 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	phil.sutter@...rinet.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, inaky.perez-gonzalez@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] wimax: i2400m - prevent a possible kernel bug due
 to missing fw_name string

From: Phil Sutter <phil.sutter@...rinet.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:23:55 +0200

> This happened on a machine with a custom hotplug script calling nameif,
> probably due to slow firmware loading. At the time nameif uses ethtool
> to gather interface information, i2400m->fw_name is zero and so a null
> pointer dereference occurs from within i2400m_get_drvinfo().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil.sutter@...rinet.com>

Applied.
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