On Thu, Sep 07, 2017 at 03:03:24PM +0200, Christian Lamparter wrote: > Hello, > > please add this patch: > > Subject: ath10k: fix memory leak in rx ring buffer allocation > Author: Rakesh Pillai <pillair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > commit: f35a7f91f66af528b3ee1921de16bea31d347ab0 [0] > > to the upcoming 4.13 stable release. > > The patch fixes a race condition that leads to crashes due memory > exhaustions. A user (tetsuo55) has reported it helped in his situation: > <https://forum.lede-project.org/t/netgear-r7800-exploration-ipq8065-qca9984/285/469> > > Regards, > Christian > > [0] <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k?id=f35a7f91f66af528b3ee1921de16bea31d347ab0> Looks like it belongs in older kernels as well, so I've backported it further, thanks. greg k-h