From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762554AbYHDTtg (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Aug 2008 15:49:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756992AbYHDTt1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Aug 2008 15:49:27 -0400 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([18.85.46.34]:56242 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755676AbYHDTt0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Aug 2008 15:49:26 -0400 Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 12:46:30 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Jiri Slaby Cc: stable@kernel.org, chrisw@sous-sol.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Luis R. Rodriguez" , "John W. Linville" Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Ath5k: fix memory corruption Message-ID: <20080804194630.GA26971@kroah.com> References: <1217842628-22714-1-git-send-email-jirislaby@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1217842628-22714-1-git-send-email-jirislaby@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 11:37:07AM +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote: > Please consider these two patches for including in -stable. > 3a0f2c871849f23c1070965bf94dec3f9c0b479d > 10488f8ad62be3b860bad74e60b4fe6ab87aece3 > Both attached (1 per email). > > The issue fixed by the first patch is triggerable on noisy channels, > so it's a real problem. > > The issue fixed by the second patch triggers often by loading and > reloading the driver repeatedly, it's not hypothetical too. Are either of these patches also relevant for the 2.6.25 tree? It seems like the second one will apply, but I don't know if the logic is correct for me to force that. thanks, greg k-h