From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A28EC433DF for ; Fri, 22 May 2020 10:34:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB403206F6 for ; Fri, 22 May 2020 10:34:33 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (1024-bit key) header.d=mg.codeaurora.org header.i=@mg.codeaurora.org header.b="m6pBle2o" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729166AbgEVKea (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 May 2020 06:34:30 -0400 Received: from mail26.static.mailgun.info ([104.130.122.26]:50272 "EHLO mail26.static.mailgun.info" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729065AbgEVKe3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 May 2020 06:34:29 -0400 DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha256; v=1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mg.codeaurora.org; q=dns/txt; s=smtp; t=1590143669; h=Content-Type: MIME-Version: Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Date: References: Subject: Cc: To: From: Sender; bh=re0ym4TtgaTt3T7R6eYWSsdnKHzfzFMDeaeUuE8IlSA=; b=m6pBle2oS6E5LGzMIXMLNOPhBY/2O+I8M9ZuDrU7wq9cr9F4EaufQnLOKShMuSRMLfl5Zcmw d0TI5iTZNCvkweDZUqP1Ywh3VZDebx1WcyoxpjNj7Iojwj/t8pX33KGsHN8HyNcP0mzzLTAt zRAGhkFHYSyOYuRz+HSUwBpeZnI= X-Mailgun-Sending-Ip: 104.130.122.26 X-Mailgun-Sid: WyI3YTAwOSIsICJsaW51eC13aXJlbGVzc0B2Z2VyLmtlcm5lbC5vcmciLCAiYmU5ZTRhIl0= Received: from smtp.codeaurora.org (ec2-35-166-182-171.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com [35.166.182.171]) by mxa.mailgun.org with ESMTP id 5ec7aab1.7faa326c2e30-smtp-out-n02; Fri, 22 May 2020 10:34:25 -0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.codeaurora.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 56121C43387; Fri, 22 May 2020 10:34:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from potku.adurom.net (88-114-240-156.elisa-laajakaista.fi [88.114.240.156]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: kvalo) by smtp.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8D6CDC433C8; Fri, 22 May 2020 10:34:21 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 smtp.codeaurora.org 8D6CDC433C8 Authentication-Results: aws-us-west-2-caf-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=codeaurora.org Authentication-Results: aws-us-west-2-caf-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=kvalo@codeaurora.org From: Kalle Valo To: Brian Norris Cc: Navid Emamdoost , Navid Emamdoost , Stephen McCamant , Kangjie Lu , QCA ath9k Development , "David S. Miller" , linux-wireless , "\" , Linux Kernel Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath9k: release allocated buffer if timed out References: <20190906185931.19288-1-navid.emamdoost@gmail.com> <878shwtiw3.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> Date: Fri, 22 May 2020 13:34:18 +0300 In-Reply-To: (Brian Norris's message of "Wed, 20 May 2020 13:59:20 -0700") Message-ID: <87sgfs9s2d.fsf@codeaurora.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Brian Norris writes: > On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 12:02 PM Brian Norris wrote: >> >> On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 12:05 AM Kalle Valo wrote: >> > 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 >> >> Nice. >> >> > v5.8-rc1 should be the first release having the fix. >> >> So I guess we have to wait until 5.8-rc1 (when this lands in mainline) >> to send this manually to stable@vger.kernel.org? Yeah, following Option 2: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html > For the record, there are more reports of this, if I'm reading them right: > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207797 Thanks for the followup, this case is a good example why small cleanup patches are not always that simple and easy as some people claim :) -- https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches