From: Daniel Starke <daniel.starke@xxxxxxxxxxx> The gsm_mux field 'malformed' represents the number of malformed frames received. However, gsm1_receive() also increases this counter for any out of frame byte. Fix this by ignoring out of frame data for the malformed counter. Fixes: e1eaea46bb40 ("tty: n_gsm line discipline") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Daniel Starke <daniel.starke@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/n_gsm.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c b/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c index 4ce18b42c37a..2e3da8a4697e 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c +++ b/drivers/tty/n_gsm.c @@ -2044,7 +2044,8 @@ static void gsm1_receive(struct gsm_mux *gsm, unsigned char c) } /* Any partial frame was a runt so go back to start */ if (gsm->state != GSM_START) { - gsm->malformed++; + if (gsm->state != GSM_SEARCH) + gsm->malformed++; gsm->state = GSM_START; } /* A SOF in GSM_START means we are still reading idling or -- 2.25.1