[PATCH] memory corruption in i2o

[PATCH] memory corruption in i2o

[Nathan Myers]

Some weeks back "VDA@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua" reported in

  http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=100633930427682&w=2

a bug in an i2o header file that causes kernel memory corruption.  
The obvious fix was posted several times; this one from Andreas Dilger

  http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=100688659819007&w=2

is typical.  The fix appears not to have been picked up in 2.4.17-pre8.
There is no i2o maintainer listed in MAINTAINERS.

With a 2.4.17 release candidate coming up, it's probably time to 
apply it.

The original posting noted several other similar bugs, for which it
and subsequent postings suggested fixes, e.g.

  http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=100634117104111&w=2

Is anybody going to pick up _any_ of these fixes, or do they just rot
until enough kernel crashes get reported with enough detail to implicate
the identified bugs?  

Nathan Myers
ncm at cantrip dot org

Re: [PATCH] memory corruption in i2o

[Alan Cox]

> is typical.  The fix appears not to have been picked up in 2.4.17-pre8.
> There is no i2o maintainer listed in MAINTAINERS.
> With a 2.4.17 release candidate coming up, it's probably time to 
> apply it.

No hurry. I2O doesn't work in 2.4.16/17 anyway. If nobody elses fixes it
I'll probably take a look at it in the new year