linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] mac80211: minstrel, fix memory corruption

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Date:	Fri, 15 May 2009 14:33:20 -0400
From:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>, johannes@...solutions.net,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, Felix Fietkau <nbd@...nwrt.org>,
	davem@...emloft.net, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] mac80211: minstrel, fix memory corruption

On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 08:21:31PM +0200, Heinz Diehl wrote:
> On 04.05.2009, Jiri Slaby wrote: 
> 
> > minstrel doesn't count max rate count in fact, since it doesn't use
> > a loop variable `i' and hence allocs space only for bitrates found in
> > the first band.
> [....]
> 
> This patchset crashes my WLAN. Reverting it does fix this:

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/linville/wireless-2.6/0002-mac80211-avoid-NULL-ptr-deref-when-finding-max_rate.patch

Original pull request here:

	http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124214056932143&w=2

Unfortunately, I think Dave might have limited availability right now...

John
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