Messages in this thread | | | From | Kalle Valo <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] ath9k: release allocated buffer if timed out | Date | Wed, 13 May 2020 10:05:00 +0300 |
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Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org> writes:
> On Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 11:59 AM Navid Emamdoost > <navid.emamdoost@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> In ath9k_wmi_cmd, the allocated network buffer needs to be released >> if timeout happens. Otherwise memory will be leaked. >> >> Signed-off-by: Navid Emamdoost <navid.emamdoost@gmail.com> > > I wonder, did you actually test your patches? I ask, because it seems > that all your patches are of the same mechanical variety (produced by > some sort of research project?), and if I look around a bit, I see > several mistakes and regressions noted on your other patches. And > recently, I see someone reporting a 5.4 kernel regression, which looks > a lot like it was caused by this patch: > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207703#c1 > > I'll propose a revert, if there's no evidence this was actually tested > or otherwise confirmed to fix a real bug.
Actually it's already reverted in -next, nobody just realised that it's a regression from commit 728c1e2a05e4:
ced21a4c726b ath9k: Fix use-after-free Read in htc_connect_service
v5.8-rc1 should be the first release having the fix.
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