Viktor Jägersküpper <viktor_jaegerskuepper@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>> On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 04:40:18PM +0200, Gabriel C wrote:
>>> Am Fr., 26. Juni 2020 um 15:51 Uhr schrieb Gabriel C
>>> <nix.or.die@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>
>>>> Am Fr., 26. Juni 2020 um 15:40 Uhr schrieb Greg Kroah-Hartman
>>>> <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 01:48:59PM +0200, Gabriel C wrote:
>>>>>> Am Do., 25. Juni 2020 um 12:52 Uhr schrieb Gabriel C
>>>>>> <nix.or.die@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Am Do., 25. Juni 2020 um 12:48 Uhr schrieb Gabriel C
>>>>>>> <nix.or.die@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Am Do., 25. Juni 2020 um 06:57 Uhr schrieb Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 25. 06. 20, 0:05, Gabriel C wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Am Mi., 17. Juni 2020 um 18:13 Uhr schrieb Greg Kroah-Hartman
>>>>>>>>>> <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I'm announcing the release of the 5.7.3 kernel.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hello Greg,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Qiujun Huang (5):
>>>>>>>>>>> ath9k: Fix use-after-free Read in htc_connect_service
>>>>>>>>>>> ath9k: Fix use-after-free Read in ath9k_wmi_ctrl_rx
>>>>>>>>>>> ath9k: Fix use-after-free Write in ath9k_htc_rx_msg
>>>>>>>>>>> ath9x: Fix stack-out-of-bounds Write in ath9k_hif_usb_rx_cb
>>>>>>>>>>> ath9k: Fix general protection fault in ath9k_hif_usb_rx_cb
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> We got a report on IRC about 5.7.3+ breaking a USB ath9k Wifi Dongle,
>>>>>>>>>> while working fine on <5.7.3.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I don't have myself such HW, and the reported doesn't have any experience
>>>>>>>>>> in bisecting the kernel, so we build kernels, each with one of the
>>>>>>>>>> above commits reverted,
>>>>>>>>>> to find the bad commit.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The winner is:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> commit 6602f080cb28745259e2fab1a4cf55eeb5894f93
>>>>>>>>>> Author: Qiujun Huang <hqjagain@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>>>> Date: Sat Apr 4 12:18:38 2020 +0800
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ath9k: Fix general protection fault in ath9k_hif_usb_rx_cb
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> commit 2bbcaaee1fcbd83272e29f31e2bb7e70d8c49e05 upstream.
>>>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Reverting this one fixed his problem.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Obvious question: is 5.8-rc1 (containing the commit) broken too?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yes, it does, just checked.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> git tag --contains 2bbcaaee1fcbd83272e29f31e2bb7e70d8c49e05
>>>>>>>> v5.8-rc1
>>>>>>>> v5.8-rc2
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sorry, I read the wrong, I just woke up.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We didn't test 5.8-rc{1,2} yet but we will today and let you know.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We tested 5.8-rc2 and it is broken too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The exact HW name is:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> TP-link tl-wn722n (Atheros AR9271 chip)
>>>>>
>>>>> Great!
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you work with the developers to fix this in Linus's tree first?
>>>>
>>>> I'm the man in the middle, but sure we will try patches or any suggestions
>>>> from developers to identify and fix the problem.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I bet they want to see the output of 'lsusb -v' for this device to see
>>>>> if the endpoint calculations are correct...
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Working on it. As soon the reporter gives me the output, I will post it here.
>>>> I've told him to run it on a broken and one working kernel.
>>>
>>> That is from a good kernel with reverted commit
>>> https://gist.github.com/AngryPenguinPL/07c8e2abd3b103eaf8978a39ad8577d1
>>>
>>> That is from the broken kernel without the commit reverted
>>> https://gist.github.com/AngryPenguinPL/5cdc0dd16ce5e59ff3c32c048e2f5111
>>>
>>> This is from 5.7.5 kernel, I don't have yet a 5.8-rc2 package with the
>>> reverted commit.
>>
>> Did this ever get resolved?
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> greg k-h
>>
>
> This bug was also reported on the thread where it had been posted originally:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/20200621020428.6417d6fb@natsu/
>
> I am waiting for Kalle Valo to accept my patch (v2) which reverts the above
> mentioned commit and which looks correct according to him. He wrote that he
> would take a closer look at this as soon as he could.
Mark posted a patch which I'm hoping to fix the issue:
[1/1] ath9k: Fix regression with Atheros 9271
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11657669/
Can someone confirm this, please? I would rather take Mark's fix than
the revert.
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