linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3.4 214/214] HID: logitech: dont use stack based dj

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Date:	Thu, 5 Jun 2014 08:57:58 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Yijing Wang <wangyijing@...wei.com>
Cc:	Marc Dionne <marc.c.dionne@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.4 214/214] HID: logitech: dont use stack based
 dj_report structures

On Thu, Jun 05, 2014 at 08:12:08PM +0800, Yijing Wang wrote:
> >> -       dj_report.report_type = REPORT_TYPE_CMD_GET_PAIRED_DEVICES;
> >> -       return logi_dj_recv_send_report(djrcv_dev, &dj_report);
> >> +       dj_report = kzalloc(sizeof(dj_report), GFP_KERNEL);
> > 
> > This patch was unfortunately incorrect as is - it needs to allocate
> > sizeof(struct dj_report) here and a little further down.  This was
> > later fixed in mainline by 8a55ade7655, which should also be included
> > if you take this - I don't see it in the current set.
> 
> Good catch, I'm so sorry, I missed this fix patch. Marc, thanks for your review.
> 
> Hi Greg, Can you cherry pick this fix patch?   upstream commit id: 8a55ade7655(dj: memory scribble in logi_dj).

Now applied, thanks.

greg k-h
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