Re: [PATCH] usb-core: Fix off-by-one error resulting in NULL ptr deref

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On Sunday 02 May 2010 23:51:49 Alan Stern wrote:
> No, it's wrong in that case as well.  It will attempt to deallocate 
> bandwidth that didn't get allocated previously.

Ok, I think you're right on this.

> Ah, I see the problem.  The bug has already been fixed in 2.6.34-rc by:
> 
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=e4a3d94658b5760fc947d7f7185c57db47ca362a

Oh it even has your ack :P

> Evidently this patch needs to be applied to the stable trees.

Yep, this is stable stuff. Devices randomly crashing apps with kernel-mutexes
locked is no good and the machine needs a reboot after this oops.

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Greetings, Michael.
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