FAILED: patch "[PATCH] staging: r8188eu: Fix case where ethtype was never obtained" failed to apply to 3.14-stable tree

[<gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The patch below does not apply to the 3.14-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

>From 33c84bc14c25074ac14644cf7db75a57e9abaf1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:49:34 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: Fix case where ethtype was never obtained
 and always be checked against 0

Zero-initializing ether_type masked that the ether type would never be
obtained for 8021x packets and the comparison against eapol_type
would always fail.

Reported-by: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c
index 01fcabcc8e56..e305d43ebd06 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c
@@ -551,10 +551,9 @@ static struct recv_frame *portctrl(struct adapter *adapter,
 	struct sta_info *psta;
 	struct sta_priv *pstapriv;
 	struct recv_frame *prtnframe;
-	u16	ether_type = 0;
+	u16	ether_type;
 	u16  eapol_type = 0x888e;/* for Funia BD's WPA issue */
 	struct rx_pkt_attrib *pattrib;
-	__be16 be_tmp;
 
 
 	pstapriv = &adapter->stapriv;
@@ -572,18 +571,16 @@ static struct recv_frame *portctrl(struct adapter *adapter,
 	RT_TRACE(_module_rtl871x_recv_c_, _drv_info_, ("########portctrl:adapter->securitypriv.dot11AuthAlgrthm=%d\n", adapter->securitypriv.dot11AuthAlgrthm));
 
 	if (auth_alg == 2) {
+		/* get ether_type */
+		ptr = ptr + pfhdr->attrib.hdrlen + LLC_HEADER_SIZE;
+		memcpy(&ether_type, ptr, 2);
+		ether_type = ntohs((unsigned short)ether_type);
+
 		if ((psta != NULL) && (psta->ieee8021x_blocked)) {
 			/* blocked */
 			/* only accept EAPOL frame */
 			RT_TRACE(_module_rtl871x_recv_c_, _drv_info_, ("########portctrl:psta->ieee8021x_blocked==1\n"));
 
-			prtnframe = precv_frame;
-
-			/* get ether_type */
-			ptr = ptr+pfhdr->attrib.hdrlen+pfhdr->attrib.iv_len+LLC_HEADER_SIZE;
-			memcpy(&be_tmp, ptr, 2);
-			ether_type = ntohs(be_tmp);
-
 			if (ether_type == eapol_type) {
 				prtnframe = precv_frame;
 			} else {

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