Re: [BUG][PATCH] e1000: Fix invalid memory reference

[Jeff Kirsher]

On 12/13/05, Kenji Kaneshige <kaneshige.kenji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I encountered a kernel panic which was caused by the invalid memory
> access by e1000 driver. The following patch fixes this issue.
>
> Thanks,
> Kenji Kaneshige
>
>
> This patch fixes invalid memory reference in the e1000 driver which
> would cause kernel panic.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kenji Kaneshige <kaneshige.kenji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>  drivers/net/e1000/e1000_param.c |   10 +++++++---
>  1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> Index: linux-2.6.15-rc5/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_param.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.15-rc5.orig/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_param.c
> +++ linux-2.6.15-rc5/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_param.c
> @@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ e1000_check_fiber_options(struct e1000_a
>  static void __devinit
>  e1000_check_copper_options(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
>  {
> -       int speed, dplx;
> +       int speed, dplx, an;
>         int bd = adapter->bd_number;
>
>         { /* Speed */
> @@ -641,8 +641,12 @@ e1000_check_copper_options(struct e1000_
>                                          .p = an_list }}
>                 };
>
> -               int an = AutoNeg[bd];
> -               e1000_validate_option(&an, &opt, adapter);
> +               if (num_AutoNeg > bd) {
> +                       an = AutoNeg[bd];
> +                       e1000_validate_option(&an, &opt, adapter);
> +               } else {
> +                       an = opt.def;
> +               }
>                 adapter->hw.autoneg_advertised = an;
>         }
>
> -
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Sorry, you are right.  Looks fine.

ACK.

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Cheers,
Jeff
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