From: Dennis Aberilla <denzzzhome@yahoo.com>
To: info@mocean-labs.com
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] drivers/net: ks8842 Fix crash on received packet when in PIO mode.
Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 14:51:14 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2062.44194.qm@web120510.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> (raw)
This patch fixes a kernel crash during packet reception due to not enough allocated bytes for the skb. This applies to the driver when running in PIO mode in an ISA bus setup.
Signed-off-by: Dennis Aberilla <denzzzhome@yahoo.com>
---
diff --git a/drivers/net/ks8842.c b/drivers/net/ks8842.c
index f0d8346..9069aee 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 + 2);
if (skb) {
--
|Dennis
next reply other threads:[~2011-05-18 21:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-05-18 21:51 Dennis Aberilla [this message]
2011-05-18 22:03 ` David Miller
2011-05-18 22:03 ` David Miller
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