netdev - Re: [PATCH] mkiss: fix scribble on freed memory

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Message-Id: <20160106.150818.1539288359464258183.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 06 Jan 2016 15:08:18 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mkiss: fix scribble on freed memory

From: Alan <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2016 14:55:02 +0000

> commit d79f16c046086f4fe0d42184a458e187464eb83e fixed a user triggerable
> scribble on free memory but added a new one which allows the user to
> scribble even more and user controlled data into freed space.
> 
> As with 6pack we need to halt the queue before we free the buffers, because
> the transmit logic is not protected by the semaphore.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks Alan.
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