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Re: [PATCH v3.6.y] brcmsmac: handle packet drop on enqueuing correctly

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On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 04:08:13PM +0100, Arend van Spriel wrote:
> From: Piotr Haber <phaber@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> In the event that tx packet can not be queued by the driver
> the packet is dropped. Propagate that information to the .tx()
> callback to make sure the freed packet is not accessed after
> that.
> 
> This has happened causing slab corruptions as reported by
> Stanislaw Gruszka.
> 
> Bug #47721: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47721
> 
> The patch is backported from:
> 
> commit c4dea35e34f5f46e1701156153a09cce429d1ea9 upstream.
> 

Why not 3.7-stable?  There is no more 3.6-stable releases, that kernel
has been end-of-life for a while now.

thanks,

greg k-h
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