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From: Bodo Eggert <harvested.in.lkml@7eggert.dyndns.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bttv: correct bttv_risc_packed buffer size
To: Duncan Sands <duncan.sands@math.u-psud.fr>, mchehab@brturbo.com.br,
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Duncan Sands <duncan.sands@math.u-psud.fr> wrote:

> This patch fixes the strange crashes I was seeing after using
> my bttv card to watch television.  They were caused by a
> buffer overflow in bttv_risc_packed.

<snip>

Would these errors e.g. cause a corruption of exactly four bytes at the start
of random pages?
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