+ drivers-net-wireless-libertas-rxc-fix.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     drivers/net/wireless/libertas/rx.c: fix use-after-free
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     drivers-net-wireless-libertas-rxc-fix.patch

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Subject: drivers/net/wireless/libertas/rx.c: fix use-after-free
From: Eugene Teo <eugeneteo@xxxxxxxxx>

skb could have been freed by then. Also, in libertas_upload_rx_packet(),
skb->protocol is initialized by eth_type_trans().

Cc: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Eugene Teo <eugeneteo@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 drivers/net/wireless/libertas/rx.c |    2 --
 1 files changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff -puN drivers/net/wireless/libertas/rx.c~drivers-net-wireless-libertas-rxc-fix drivers/net/wireless/libertas/rx.c
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/rx.c~drivers-net-wireless-libertas-rxc-fix
+++ a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/rx.c
@@ -453,7 +453,5 @@ static int process_rxed_802_11_packet(wl
 done:
 	LEAVE();
 
-	skb->protocol = __constant_htons(0x0019);	/* ETH_P_80211_RAW */
-
 	return (ret);
 }
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from eugeneteo@xxxxxxxxx are

drivers-net-wireless-libertas-rxc-fix.patch

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