Re: [PATCH] usbnet.c, buf.overrun crash-bugfix, Kernel 2.6.12-rc1

[Jakemuksen spammiosote <jhroska@byterapers.com>]

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005, David Brownell wrote:
> On Thursday 24 March 2005 8:05 am, Jakemuksen spammiosote wrote:
>> Atleast versions 2.6.5 - 2.6.12-rc1 crash if an USB device using usbnet
>> sends oversized packet. Such packets occur most likely with broken
> Care to mention what device(s) you saw this with?   And what HCD?

I can't tell about the device(NDA), and don't remember the HCD and I can 
check it only after holidays.

>> +       if (unlikely((skb->tail + urb->actual_length) > skb->end)) {
> This logic looks wrong.  If that ever happens, surely the problem is
> that the rx_submit() code submitted an urb with transfer_size that
> mismatched the SKB.  The host controller isn't allowed to overrun the

Sounds reasonable. So, I'll go thru the HCD code instead if the 
responsibility is there. Am i the first one to run into such crash 
situation? If so, perhaps it's not ever worthy to fix in mainstream 
kernel, as the device causes the crash under very specific - 
'abusing' one might say, situation only.