Thanks for the patch! Jeff, if you would be so kind as to apply this, thanks...
This patch fixes invalid memory reference in the e1000 driver which would cause kernel panic. Signed-off-by: Kenji Kaneshige <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Acked-by: Jesse Brandeburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kenji Kaneshige <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Dec 13, 2005 2:27 AM Subject: [BUG][PATCH] e1000: Fix invalid memory reference To: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> Cc: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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; } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html