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Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 13:13:11 +0100
From: Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To: Hayes Wang <hayeswang@...ltek.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, nic_swsd@...ltek.com,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
mlord@...ox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 2/2] r8152: rx descriptor check
Hayes Wang <hayeswang@...ltek.com> :
> For some platforms, the data in memory is not the same with the one
> from the device. That is, the data of memory is unbelievable. The
> check is used to find out this situation.
Invalid packet size corrupted receive descriptors in Realtek's device
reminds of CVE-2009-4537.
Is the silicium of both devices different enough to prevent the same
exploit to happen ?
--
Ueimor
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