[PATCH] net: calxedaxgmac: throw away overrun frames

From: Rob Herring
Date: Wed Jan 16 2013 - 18:36:49 EST


From: Rob Herring <rob.herring@xxxxxxxxxxx>

The xgmac driver assumes 1 frame per descriptor. If a frame larger than
the descriptor's buffer size is received, the frame will spill over into
the next descriptor. So check for received frames that span more than one
descriptor and discard them. This prevents a crash if we receive erroneous
large packets.

Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <rob.herring@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
drivers/net/ethernet/calxeda/xgmac.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/calxeda/xgmac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/calxeda/xgmac.c
index b407043..f7f0290 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/calxeda/xgmac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/calxeda/xgmac.c
@@ -548,6 +548,10 @@ static int desc_get_rx_status(struct xgmac_priv *priv, struct xgmac_dma_desc *p)
return -1;
}

+ /* All frames should fit into a single buffer */
+ if (!(status & RXDESC_FIRST_SEG) || !(status & RXDESC_LAST_SEG))
+ return -1;
+
/* Check if packet has checksum already */
if ((status & RXDESC_FRAME_TYPE) && (status & RXDESC_EXT_STATUS) &&
!(ext_status & RXDESC_IP_PAYLOAD_MASK))
--
1.7.10.4

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