From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
To: Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>
Cc: Navid Emamdoost <navid.emamdoost@gmail.com>,
emamd001@umn.edu, smccaman@umn.edu, Kangjie Lu <kjlu@umn.edu>,
QCA ath9k Development <ath9k-devel@qca.qualcomm.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
linux-wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
"\<netdev\@vger.kernel.org\>" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath9k: release allocated buffer if timed out
Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 10:05:00 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878shwtiw3.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+ASDXMnp-GTkrT7B5O+dtopJUmGBay=Tn=-nf1LW1MtaVOr+w@mail.gmail.com> (Brian Norris's message of "Tue, 12 May 2020 09:56:47 -0700")
Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org> writes:
> On Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 11:59 AM Navid Emamdoost
> <navid.emamdoost@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> In ath9k_wmi_cmd, the allocated network buffer needs to be released
>> if timeout happens. Otherwise memory will be leaked.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Navid Emamdoost <navid.emamdoost@gmail.com>
>
> I wonder, did you actually test your patches? I ask, because it seems
> that all your patches are of the same mechanical variety (produced by
> some sort of research project?), and if I look around a bit, I see
> several mistakes and regressions noted on your other patches. And
> recently, I see someone reporting a 5.4 kernel regression, which looks
> a lot like it was caused by this patch:
>
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207703#c1
>
> I'll propose a revert, if there's no evidence this was actually tested
> or otherwise confirmed to fix a real bug.
Actually it's already reverted in -next, nobody just realised that it's
a regression from commit 728c1e2a05e4:
ced21a4c726b ath9k: Fix use-after-free Read in htc_connect_service
v5.8-rc1 should be the first release having the fix.
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https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-13 7:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-09-06 18:59 [PATCH] ath9k: release allocated buffer if timed out Navid Emamdoost
2019-09-10 13:32 ` Kalle Valo
2020-05-12 16:56 ` Brian Norris
2020-05-13 3:24 ` Navid Emamdoost
2020-05-13 19:12 ` Brian Norris
2020-05-13 7:05 ` Kalle Valo [this message]
2020-05-13 19:02 ` Brian Norris
2020-05-20 20:59 ` Brian Norris
2020-05-22 10:34 ` Kalle Valo
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