Re: [PATCH 2/6] firewire: ohci: fix Self ID Count register mask (safeguardagainst buffer overflow)

[Stefan Richter]

pageexec@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On 6 Sep 2009 at 18:49, Stefan Richter wrote:
>
> added stable as .30 is affected, possibly older kernels as well, i didn't check.

The mistake which is fixed here is present since firewire-ohci was added 
in 2.6.22.  However, for a smooth submission to stable, the patched file...

> > --- linux-2.6.31-rc9.orig/drivers/firewire/ohci.c
> > +++ linux-2.6.31-rc9/drivers/firewire/ohci.c

...has to be drivers/firewire/fw-ohci.c in kernels before 2.6.31-rc1.

As hinted at in the changelog, I personally don't consider the fix 
urgent because there are a few more self ID consistency checks in place 
which catch a variety of real and theoretical corruptions, but I don't 
claim that I'm appropriately aware of all possibilities.
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