[PATCH upstream for stable 1/8] staging: vt6656: [BUG] out of bound array reference in RFbSetPower.
Ben Hutchings
ben at decadent.org.uk
Thu Dec 27 19:10:26 UTC 2012
On Thu, 2012-12-27 at 12:59 +0000, Malcolm Priestley wrote:
> upstream commit
> ab1dd9963137a1e122004d5378a581bf16ae9bc8
>
> Tested on kernels 2.6.35, 3.0, 3.2, 3.5 & 3.7
>
> This upstream commit and the ones in patch 2 & 3 are critical for boot
> dead lock on 64 bit systems, the remaining commits bring the driver up.
>
> staging: vt6656: [BUG] out of bound array reference in RFbSetPower.
>
> Calling RFbSetPower with uCH zero value will cause out of bound array reference.
>
> This causes 64 bit kernels to oops on boot.
>
> Note: Driver does not function on 64 bit kernels and should be
> blacklisted on them.
>
> Cc: stable at kernel.org # 2.6.35+
> Signed-off-by: Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy at gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org>
[...]
Queued up for 3.2, thanks.
Ben.
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