netdev - Re: [PATCH net] sfc: don't read beyond unicast address list

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Date:   Wed, 12 Jul 2017 14:42:22 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     bkenward@...arflare.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] sfc: don't read beyond unicast address list

From: Bert Kenward <bkenward@...arflare.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 17:19:41 +0100

> If we have more than 32 unicast MAC addresses assigned to an interface
> we will read beyond the end of the address table in the driver when
> adding filters. The next 256 entries store multicast addresses, so we
> will end up attempting to insert duplicate filters, which is mostly
> harmless. If we add more than 288 unicast addresses we will then read
> past the multicast address table, which is likely to be more exciting.
> 
> Fixes: 12fb0da45c9a ("sfc: clean fallbacks between promisc/normal in efx_ef10_filter_sync_rx_mode")
> Signed-off-by: Bert Kenward <bkenward@...arflare.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.