Re: regression in iwlwifi: page fault in iwl_dbg_tlv_alloc_region() (commit ba8f6f4ae254)

(adding luca)

Michal Kubecek [off-list ref] writes:

FYI, there is a regression in iwlwifi driver caused by commit
ba8f6f4ae254 ("iwlwifi: dbg: add dumping special device memory")
reported at

  https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210733
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1180344

The problem seems to be an attempt to write terminating null character
into a string which may be read only. There is also a proposed fix.

Can someone submit a proper patch, please? See instructions below how to
submit.

And please add Fixes tag to the commit log:

Fixes: ba8f6f4ae254 ("iwlwifi: dbg: add dumping special device memory")

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On Tue, 12 Jan 2021 12:33:14 +0100,
Kalle Valo wrote:

(adding luca)

Michal Kubecek [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

FYI, there is a regression in iwlwifi driver caused by commit
ba8f6f4ae254 ("iwlwifi: dbg: add dumping special device memory")
reported at

  https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210733
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1180344

The problem seems to be an attempt to write terminating null character
into a string which may be read only. There is also a proposed fix.

Can someone submit a proper patch, please? See instructions below how to
submit.

And please add Fixes tag to the commit log:

Fixes: ba8f6f4ae254 ("iwlwifi: dbg: add dumping special device memory")

OK, I'll do it for my own, but really I hoped that someone would have
reacted on the bugzilla report before the official patch submission.
So far no one from the upstream devs showed interest in the bug at
all, unfortunately.


thanks,

Takashi