netdev - Re: [PATCH V2] wifi: ath6kl: Replace ath6kl_usb_submit_ctrl_in with usb_control_msg

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Message-ID: <87jzg3uy40.fsf@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2024 18:01:35 +0300
From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
To: Edward Adam Davis <eadavis@...com>
Cc: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,  linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
  linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,  linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
  netdev@...r.kernel.org,
  syzbot+92c6dd14aaa230be6855@...kaller.appspotmail.com,
  syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] wifi: ath6kl: Replace ath6kl_usb_submit_ctrl_in with
 usb_control_msg_recv

Edward Adam Davis <eadavis@...com> writes:

> On Mon, 26 Aug 2024 14:42:00 +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:
>> > ath6kl_usb_submit_ctrl_in() did not take into account the situation where
>> > the length of the data read from the device is not equal to the len, and
>> > such missing judgments will result in subsequent code using incorrect data.
>> >
>> > usb_control_msg_recv() handles the abnormal length of the returned data,
>> > so using it directly can fix this warning.
>> >
>> > Reported-by: syzbot+92c6dd14aaa230be6855@...kaller.appspotmail.com
>> > Signed-off-by: Edward Adam Davis <eadavis@...com>
>> 
>> Did you test this on real ath6kl hardware?
>
> I don't have ath6kl hardware, I have only tested it on a virtual machine.

Virtual machine? I guess you mean syzbot? That gives no assurance if
this works on a real device or not. Please add to the commit message
"Compile tested only" so that we know it's untested.

And I have to warn that in wireless we are very reluctant to take syzbot
fixes which have not been tested on real hardware, they have caused
problems in the past.

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