* add "ath10k: fix memory leak in rx ring buffer allocation" to 4.13-stable
@ 2017-09-07 13:03 Christian Lamparter
2017-09-07 14:29 ` Greg KH
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From: Christian Lamparter @ 2017-09-07 13:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: stable
Hello,
please add this patch:
Subject: ath10k: fix memory leak in rx ring buffer allocation
Author: Rakesh Pillai <pillair@qti.qualcomm.com>
commit: f35a7f91f66af528b3ee1921de16bea31d347ab0 [0]
to the upcoming 4.13 stable release.
The patch fixes a race condition that leads to crashes due memory
exhaustions. A user (tetsuo55) has reported it helped in his situation:
<https://forum.lede-project.org/t/netgear-r7800-exploration-ipq8065-qca9984/285/469>
Regards,
Christian
[0] <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k?id=f35a7f91f66af528b3ee1921de16bea31d347ab0>
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* Re: add "ath10k: fix memory leak in rx ring buffer allocation" to 4.13-stable
2017-09-07 13:03 add "ath10k: fix memory leak in rx ring buffer allocation" to 4.13-stable Christian Lamparter
@ 2017-09-07 14:29 ` Greg KH
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From: Greg KH @ 2017-09-07 14:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Christian Lamparter; +Cc: stable
On Thu, Sep 07, 2017 at 03:03:24PM +0200, Christian Lamparter wrote:
> Hello,
>
> please add this patch:
>
> Subject: ath10k: fix memory leak in rx ring buffer allocation
> Author: Rakesh Pillai <pillair@qti.qualcomm.com>
> commit: f35a7f91f66af528b3ee1921de16bea31d347ab0 [0]
>
> to the upcoming 4.13 stable release.
>
> The patch fixes a race condition that leads to crashes due memory
> exhaustions. A user (tetsuo55) has reported it helped in his situation:
> <https://forum.lede-project.org/t/netgear-r7800-exploration-ipq8065-qca9984/285/469>
>
> Regards,
> Christian
>
> [0] <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k?id=f35a7f91f66af528b3ee1921de16bea31d347ab0>
Looks like it belongs in older kernels as well, so I've backported it
further, thanks.
greg k-h
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