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Re: mac80211: fix queue selection for data frames on monitor interfaces

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On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 3:51 AM, Felix Fietkau <nbd@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 2010-01-12 10:37 AM, Lennert Buytenhek wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 06:47:00AM +0100, Felix Fietkau wrote:
>>
>>> When ieee80211_monitor_select_queue encounters data frames, it selects
>>> the WMM AC based on skb->priority and assumes that skb->priority
>>> contains a valid 802.1d tag. However this assumption is incorrect, since
>>> ieee80211_select_queue has not been called at this point.
>>> If skb->priority > 7, an array overrun occurs, which could lead to
>>> invalid values, resulting in crashes in the tx path.
>>
>> What you describe here was already reported and fixed:
>>
>>       http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=126287290723244&w=2
>>       http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6.git;a=commit;h=045cfb71a3901005bf6dcedae98cecb3360a0bfc
>>
>> Your commit message could at least acknowledge this.  I.e. write
>> that the existing fix doesn't handle QoS data frames in the optimal
>> way, and then mention this:
> Sorry, when I wrote and posted the patch, I hadn't seen your previous
> fix yet, because I was apparently looking at the wrong tree and had not
> noticed your submission yet.
> It only cleanly applied to a tree without your change, but it seems that
> John fixed it up and replaced your fix with it anyway.

John, did the new changes by Felix get marked for stable too? From
what I gather they apply on top of each other and are stable material.

  Luis
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