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Message-ID: <20110529214652.GA4707@dens-work>
Date:	Mon, 30 May 2011 09:46:54 +1200
From:	Dennis Aberilla <dennis.aberilla@...omax.com>
To:	info@...ean-labs.com, davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] drivers/net: ks8842 Fix crash on received packet when in
	PIO mode.

This patch fixes a driver crash during packet reception due to not enough
bytes allocated in the skb. Since the loop reads out 4 bytes at a time, we
need to allow for up to 3 bytes of slack space.

Signed-off-by: Dennis Aberilla <denzzzhome@...oo.com>

---
diff --git a/drivers/net/ks8842.c b/drivers/net/ks8842.c
index f0d8346..9bd0f55 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ks8842.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ks8842.c
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ static void ks8842_rx_frame(struct net_device *netdev,
 
 	/* check the status */
 	if ((status & RXSR_VALID) && !(status & RXSR_ERROR)) {
-		struct sk_buff *skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(netdev, len);
+		struct sk_buff *skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(netdev, len + 3);
 
 		if (skb) {
 

--

Thanks.

|Dennis
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