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-rw-r--r--iwlwifi-fix-freeing-uninitialized-pointer.patch51
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 51 deletions
diff --git a/iwlwifi-fix-freeing-uninitialized-pointer.patch b/iwlwifi-fix-freeing-uninitialized-pointer.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 90e6b6f64..000000000
--- a/iwlwifi-fix-freeing-uninitialized-pointer.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-If on iwl_dump_nic_event_log() error occurs before that function
-initialize buf, we process uninitiated pointer in
-iwl_dbgfs_log_event_read() and can hit "BUG at mm/slub.c:3409"
-
-Resolves:
-https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=951241
-
-Reported-by: ian.odette@eprize.com
-Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
-Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
----
-Patch is only compile tested, but I'm sure it fixes the problem.
-
- drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/debugfs.c | 16 ++++++++--------
- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/debugfs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/debugfs.c
-index 7b8178b..cb6dd58 100644
---- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/debugfs.c
-+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/debugfs.c
-@@ -2237,15 +2237,15 @@ static ssize_t iwl_dbgfs_log_event_read(struct file *file,
- size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
- {
- struct iwl_priv *priv = file->private_data;
-- char *buf;
-- int pos = 0;
-- ssize_t ret = -ENOMEM;
-+ char *buf = NULL;
-+ ssize_t ret;
-
-- ret = pos = iwl_dump_nic_event_log(priv, true, &buf, true);
-- if (buf) {
-- ret = simple_read_from_buffer(user_buf, count, ppos, buf, pos);
-- kfree(buf);
-- }
-+ ret = iwl_dump_nic_event_log(priv, true, &buf, true);
-+ if (ret < 0)
-+ goto err;
-+ ret = simple_read_from_buffer(user_buf, count, ppos, buf, ret);
-+err:
-+ kfree(buf);
- return ret;
- }
-
---
-1.7.11.7
-
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