netdev - Re: [stable] [PATCH 1/2] atl1: fix resume

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Message-ID: <20100916211318.GA29619@kroah.com>
Date:	Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:13:18 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Luca Tettamanti <kronos.it@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jcliburn@...il.com, chris.snook@...il.com,
	jie.yang@...eros.com, atl1-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH 1/2] atl1: fix resume

On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 09:29:46PM +0200, Luca Tettamanti wrote:
> adapter->cmb.cmb is initialized when the device is opened and freed when
> it's closed. Accessing it unconditionally during resume results either
> in a crash (NULL pointer dereference, when the interface has not been
> opened yet) or data corruption (when the interface has been used and
> brought down adapter->cmb.cmb points to a deallocated memory area).
> 
> Cc: stable@...nel.org
> ---

You do realize you need to sign-off on a patch you create, right?

thanks,

greg k-h
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