[PATCH] drivers/net: ks8842 Fix crash on received packet when in PIO mode.

[Dennis Aberilla]

This patch fixes a kernel crash during packet reception due to not enough allocated bytes for the skb. This applies to the driver when running in PIO mode in an ISA bus setup.

Signed-off-by: Dennis Aberilla <denzzzhome@xxxxxxxxx>


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diff --git a/drivers/net/ks8842.c b/drivers/net/ks8842.c
index f0d8346..9069aee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ks8842.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ks8842.c
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ static void ks8842_rx_frame(struct net_device *netdev,

   /* check the status */
   if ((status & RXSR_VALID) && !(status & RXSR_ERROR)) {
-     struct sk_buff *skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(netdev, len);
+     struct sk_buff *skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(netdev, len + 2);

      if (skb) {



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|Dennis
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