Re: rtlwifi: rtl_pci: Fix kernel panic

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> In commit 38506ecefab9 (rtlwifi: rtl_pci: Start modification for new
> drivers), a bug was introduced that causes a NULL pointer dereference.
> As this bug only affects the infrequently used RTL8192EE and only under
> low-memory conditions, it has taken a long time for the bug to show up.
> 
> The bug was reported on the linux-wireless mailing list and also at
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/ as
> bug #1527603 (kernel crashes due to rtl8192ee driver on ubuntu 15.10).
> 
> Fixes: 38506ecefab9 ("rtlwifi: rtl_pci: Start modification for new drivers")
> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, applied to wireless-drivers-next.git.

Kalle Valo
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