This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled zd1201: do not use stack as URB transfer_buffer to the 3.0-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: zd1201-do-not-use-stack-as-urb-transfer_buffer.patch and it can be found in the queue-3.0 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 1206ff4ff9d2ef7468a355328bc58ac6ebf5be44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jussi Kivilinna <jussi.kivilinna@xxxxxx> Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2013 14:28:42 +0300 Subject: zd1201: do not use stack as URB transfer_buffer From: Jussi Kivilinna <jussi.kivilinna@xxxxxx> commit 1206ff4ff9d2ef7468a355328bc58ac6ebf5be44 upstream. Patch fixes zd1201 not to use stack as URB transfer_buffer. URB buffers need to be DMA-able, which stack is not. Patch is only compile tested. Signed-off-by: Jussi Kivilinna <jussi.kivilinna@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/zd1201.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/net/wireless/zd1201.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/zd1201.c @@ -98,10 +98,12 @@ static int zd1201_fw_upload(struct usb_d goto exit; err = usb_control_msg(dev, usb_rcvctrlpipe(dev, 0), 0x4, - USB_DIR_IN | 0x40, 0,0, &ret, sizeof(ret), ZD1201_FW_TIMEOUT); + USB_DIR_IN | 0x40, 0, 0, buf, sizeof(ret), ZD1201_FW_TIMEOUT); if (err < 0) goto exit; + memcpy(&ret, buf, sizeof(ret)); + if (ret & 0x80) { err = -EIO; goto exit; Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from jussi.kivilinna@xxxxxx are queue-3.0/zd1201-do-not-use-stack-as-urb-transfer_buffer.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html