netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: usb: asix: Fix crash on skb alloc failure

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Date:	Mon, 05 Oct 2015 09:40:04 -0400
From:	"David B. Robins" <linux@...idrobins.net>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: usb: asix: Fix crash on skb alloc failure

On 2015-10-05 06:31, David Miller wrote:
> From: "David B. Robins" <linux@...idrobins.net>
> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 16:20:04 -0400
> 
>> If asix_rx_fixup_internal() fails to allocate rx->ax_skb, it will 
>> return
>> but not clear rx->size. rx points to driver private data. A later call
>> assumes that nonzero size means ax_skb was allocated and passes a null
>> ax_skb to skb_put. Changed allocation failure return to clear size 
>> first.
>> 
>> Found testing board with AX88772B devices.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: David B. Robins <linux@...idrobins.net>
> 
> Applied, thanks.

While I am happy for the patch I submitted to be applied, and it is 
consistent with existing error handling and does fix the specific issue, 
I believe a later series of 5 patches by Dean Jenkins that more 
comprehensively address the issue (grouped under subject "Improve ASIX 
RX memory allocation error handling") should be preferred.

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