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2007-04-10[PATCH] Input: ucb1400 - set up driver's name to show in sysfsCliff Brake
The UCB1400 is missing a name parameter in the device_driver struct. This causes missing information in the /sys tree and seems to cause other problems with the AC97 functionality. This was tested on a PXA270 system. Signed-off-by: Cliff Brake <cbrake@bec-systems.com> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-04-10Merge branch 'for-2.6.21' of ↵Linus Torvalds
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davej/agpgart * 'for-2.6.21' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davej/agpgart: [AGPGART] intel_agp: fix G965 GTT size detect
2007-04-10Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ieee1394/linux1394-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ieee1394/linux1394-2.6: ieee1394: change deprecation status of dv1394
2007-04-10Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/roland/infiniband * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/roland/infiniband: IPoIB/cm: Fix DMA direction typo IB/iser: Don't defer connection failure notification to workqueue
2007-04-10Merge branch 'upstream-fixes' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/hid * 'upstream-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/hid: HID: Do not discard truncated input reports
2007-04-10Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6Linus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6: ide: add "optical" to sysfs "media" attribute ide: ugly messages trying to open CD drive with no media present ide: correctly prevent IDE timer expiry function to run if request was already handled
2007-04-10Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6Linus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: [NETFILTER]: ipt_CLUSTERIP: fix oops in checkentry function [TCP]: slow_start_after_idle should influence cwnd validation too [SC92031]: Fix priv->lock context [NET_SCHED]: cls_tcindex: fix compatibility breakage
2007-04-10Merge branch 'release' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6 * 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6: [IA64] SGI Altix : fix pcibr_dmamap_ate32() bug [IA64] Fix CPU freq displayed in /proc/cpuinfo [IA64] Fix wrong assumption about irq and vector in msi_ia64.c [IA64] BTE error timer fix
2007-04-10ide: add "optical" to sysfs "media" attributeDanny Kukawka
Add "optical" to sysfs "media" attribute as already in /proc Signed-off-by: Danny Kukawka <dkukawka@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
2007-04-10ide: ugly messages trying to open CD drive with no media presentStuart Hayes
I get the following error messages when trying to open a CD device (specifically, the Teac CD-ROM CD-224E) that has no media present: hda: packet command error: status=3D0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hda: packet command error: error=3D0x54 { AbortedCommand LastFailedSense=0x05 } ide: failed opcode was: unknown This happens when a "start stop unit" command (0x1b 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0) is sent to the drive to try to close the CD-ROM tray, but this drive doesn't have that capability (it's a slim portable-type CD-ROM), so it reports sense key 5 (illegal request) with asc/ascq 24/0. This is exactly how SFF8090i says it should respond. But ide-cd.c (in cdrom_decode_status() ) just sees sense key 5 and spews out an error. It then goes on to request sense data, and cdrom_log_sense() understands this error and doesn't log it. The patch, for kernel 2.6.20.4, suppresses this error message. Signed-off-by: Stuart Hayes <stuart_hayes@dell.com> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
2007-04-10ide: correctly prevent IDE timer expiry function to run if request was ↵Suleiman Souhlal
already handled It is possible for the timer expiry function to run even though the request has already been handled: ide_timer_expiry() only checks that the handler is not NULL, but it is possible that we have handled a request (thus clearing the handler) and then started a new request (thus starting the timer again, and setting a handler). A simple way to exhibit this is to set the DMA timeout to 1 jiffy and run dd: The kernel will panic after a few minutes because ide_timer_expiry() tries to add a timer when it's already active. To fix this, we simply add a request generation count that gets incremented at every interrupt, and check in ide_timer_expiry() that we have not already handled a new interrupt before running the expiry function. Signed-off-by: Suleiman Souhlal <suleiman@google.com> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
2007-04-10[NETFILTER]: ipt_CLUSTERIP: fix oops in checkentry functionJaroslav Kysela
The clusterip_config_find_get() already increases entries reference counter, so there is no reason to do it twice in checkentry() callback. This causes the config to be freed before it is removed from the list, resulting in a crash when adding the next rule. Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-04-10[PATCH] bcm43xx: Fix PPC machine checks and match loopback gain specsLarry Finger
The specifications for loopback_gain calculation and for G PHY initialization have been updated. This patch implements them and fixes a machine check error that occurs for PPC architecture with a phy->rev of 1. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2007-04-10[PATCH] bcm43xx: Fix 802.11b/g scan limits to match regulatory reqsLarry Finger
In 802.11b/g mode, bcm43xx actively scans channels 1-14 no matter what locale has been set, either in the sprom or by the locale option. This behaviorviolates regulatory rules everywhere in the world except Japan. This patch changes the default range to the correct value if the locale has been set, and to channels 1-13 if no locale has been set. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2007-04-10[PATCH] zd1211rw: Fix E2P_PHY_REG patchingDaniel Drake
Due to conflicting/confusing defines in the vendor driver, we were reading E2P_PHY_REG from the wrong location. CR157 patching was slightly incorrect in that the vendor driver only patches in an 8-bit value, whereas we were patching 24 bits. Additionally, CR157 patching was happening on both zd1211 and zd1211b, but this should only happen on zd1211. Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Ulrich Kunitz <kune@deine-taler.de> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2007-04-10IPoIB/cm: Fix DMA direction typoMichael S. Tsirkin
Receive buffers need to be mapped with DMA_FROM_DEVICE. Incorrectly mapping with DMA_TO_DEVICE causes a hard lock on ppc64 machines with an IOMMU. This fixes <https://bugs.openfabrics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=431> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@dev.mellanox.co.il> Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com>
2007-04-10[PATCH] zd1211rw: Reject AL2230S devicesDaniel Drake
zd1211rw currently detects AL2230S-based devices as AL2230, and hence programs the RF incorrectly. Transmit silently fails on this misconfiguration. After this patch, AL2230S devices are rejected with an error message, to avoid any confusion with an apparent driver bug. Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2007-04-09[AGPGART] intel_agp: fix G965 GTT size detectWang Zhenyu
On G965, I810_PGETBL_CTL is a mmio offset, but we wrongly take it as pci config space offset in detecting GTT size. This one line patch fixs this. Signed-off-by: Wang Zhenyu <zhenyu.z.wang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
2007-04-09[TCP]: slow_start_after_idle should influence cwnd validation tooDavid S. Miller
For the cases that slow_start_after_idle are meant to deal with, it is almost a certainty that the congestion window tests will think the connection is application limited and we'll thus decrease the cwnd there too. This defeats the whole point of setting slow_start_after_idle to zero. So test it there too. We do not cancel out the entire tcp_cwnd_validate() function so that if the sysctl is changed we still have the validation state maintained. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-04-09[SC92031]: Fix priv->lock contextHerbert Xu
The spin_lock calls made in dev->open and dev->close must disable BH since open/close are made in process context. Conversely, the call in dev->hard_start_xmit does not need to disable BH since it is already executing with BH disabled. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-04-09[NET_SCHED]: cls_tcindex: fix compatibility breakagePatrick McHardy
Userspace uses an integer for TCA_TCINDEX_SHIFT, the kernel was changed to expect and use a u16 value in 2.6.11, which broke compatibility on big endian machines. Change back to use int. Reported by Ole Reinartz <ole.reinartz@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-04-09Merge branch 'for-2.6.21' of ↵Linus Torvalds
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davej/agpgart * 'for-2.6.21' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davej/agpgart: [AGPGART] intel_agp: PCI id update for Intel 965GM
2007-04-09ieee1394: change deprecation status of dv1394Stefan Richter
Nobody ported ffmpeg from dv1394 to rawiso yet, and there is no justification to remove dv1394 right now. Nevertheless, a strong deprecation of this ABI makes a lot of sense, especially as Kristian H's drivers shape up to be an attractive alternative to the existing ones. But we don't have a schedule at the moment. Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
2007-04-08[PATCH] i386: irqbalance_disable() section fixAndrew Morton
WARNING: arch/i386/kernel/built-in.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.text:irqbalance_disable from .text between 'quirk_intel_irqbalance' (at offset 0x80a5) and 'i8237A_suspend' Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-04-08[PATCH] x86_64 early quirks: fix early_qrk[] section tagAndrew Morton
WARNING: arch/x86_64/kernel/built-in.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.text:nvidia_bugs from .data between 'early_qrk' (at offset 0x8428) and 'enable_cpu_hotplug' WARNING: arch/x86_64/kernel/built-in.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.text:via_bugs from .data between 'early_qrk' (at offset 0x8438) and 'enable_cpu_hotplug' WARNING: arch/x86_64/kernel/built-in.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.text:ati_bugs from .data between 'early_qrk' (at offset 0x8448) and 'enable_cpu_hotplug' The compiler is putting it into .data because the __initdata is in the wrong place. Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-04-08[PATCH] omap_cf: oops-on-suspend fixDavid Brownell
Convert omap_cf into a platform_driver ... this resolves oopsing during suspend/resume. Evidently folk haven't tried suspend/resume on an OSK (the main platform for this driver) since September or so, which is when platform_device learned about suspend_late()/resume_early() and stopped being able to suspend/resume without a platform_driver. Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-04-08[PATCH] Proper fix for highmem kmap_atomic functions for VMI for 2.6.21Zachary Amsden
Since lazy MMU batching mode still allows interrupts to enter, it is possible for interrupt handlers to try to use kmap_atomic, which fails when lazy mode is active, since the PTE update to highmem will be delayed. The best workaround is to issue an explicit flush in kmap_atomic_functions case; this is the only way nested PTE updates can happen in the interrupt handler. Thanks to Jeremy Fitzhardinge for noting the bug and suggestions on a fix. This patch gets reverted again when we start 2.6.22 and the bug gets fixed differently. Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-04-08[PATCH] fuse: validate rootmode mount optionTimo Savola
If rootmode isn't valid, we hit the BUG() in fuse_init_inode. Now EINVAL is returned. Signed-off-by: Timo Savola <tsavola@movial.fi> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-04-08[AGPGART] intel_agp: PCI id update for Intel 965GMWang Zhenyu
Update PCI id info for Intel 965GM chipset. Signed-off-by: Wang Zhenyu <zhenyu.z.wang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
2007-04-07sched.c: Remove unused variable 'relative'Linus Torvalds
Getting rid of the p->children printout in show_task() left behind an unused variable. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-04-07[PATCH] sched: get rid of p->children use in show_task()Ingo Molnar
the p->parent PID printout gives us all the information about the task tree that we need - the eldest_child()/older_sibling()/ younger_sibling() printouts are mostly historic and i do not remember ever having used those fields. (IMO in fact they confuse the SysRq-T output.) So remove them. This code has sentimental value though, those fields and printouts are one of the oldest ones still surviving from Linux v0.95's kernel/sched.c: if (p->p_ysptr || p->p_osptr) printk(" Younger sib=%d, older sib=%d\n\r", p->p_ysptr ? p->p_ysptr->pid : -1, p->p_osptr ? p->p_osptr->pid : -1); else printk("\n\r"); written 15 years ago, in early 1992. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Linus 'snif' Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-04-07[PATCH] irq-devres: fix failure path of devm_request_irq()Tejun Heo
devres should be deallocated with devres_free() not kfree(). This bug corrupts slab on IRQ request failure. Fix it. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-04-07[PATCH] high-res timers: resume fixIngo Molnar
Soeren Sonnenburg reported that upon resume he is getting this backtrace: [<c0119637>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x57/0x90 [<c0142d30>] retrigger_next_event+0x0/0xb0 [<c0104d30>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x28/0x30 [<c0142d30>] retrigger_next_event+0x0/0xb0 [<c0140068>] __kfifo_put+0x8/0x90 [<c0130fe5>] on_each_cpu+0x35/0x60 [<c0143538>] clock_was_set+0x18/0x20 [<c0135cdc>] timekeeping_resume+0x7c/0xa0 [<c02aabe1>] __sysdev_resume+0x11/0x80 [<c02ab0c7>] sysdev_resume+0x47/0x80 [<c02b0b05>] device_power_up+0x5/0x10 it turns out that on resume we mistakenly re-enable interrupts too early. Do the timer retrigger only on the current CPU. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Soeren Sonnenburg <kernel@nn7.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-04-06Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6Linus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: [TG3]: Fix crash during tg3_init_one(). [IPV6]: Revert recent change to rt6_check_dev(). [XFRM]: beet: fix IP option decapsulation [XFRM]: beet: fix beet mode decapsulation [XFRM]: beet: use IPOPT_NOP for option padding [XFRM]: beet: fix IP option encapsulation
2007-04-06[TG3]: Fix crash during tg3_init_one().Michael Chan
The driver will crash when the chip has been initialized by EFI before tg3_init_one(). In this case, the driver will call tg3_chip_reset() before allocating consistent memory. The bug is fixed by checking for tp->hw_status before accessing it during tg3_chip_reset(). Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-04-06[IA64] SGI Altix : fix pcibr_dmamap_ate32() bugMike Habeck
On a SGI Altix TIOCP based PCI bus we need to include the ATE_PIO attribute bit if we're mapping a 32bit MSI address. Signed-off-by: Mike Habeck <habeck@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2007-04-06[IA64] Fix CPU freq displayed in /proc/cpuinfoVenki Pallipadi
My patch: git commit=95235ca2c20ac0b31a8eb39e2d599bcc3e9c9a10 introduced a bug in IA64 cpuinfo output. Patch changed the proc_freq from 1HZ resolution to 1KHz resolution, but left format string unchanged at " %lu.%06lu". Below is the fix. Thanks to Bjorn for catching this. Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2007-04-06[IA64] Fix wrong assumption about irq and vector in msi_ia64.cIshimatsu Yasuaki
This patch fixes a wrong assumption in ia64 MSI code that IRQ equals vector. Signed-off-by: Kenji Kaneshige <kaneshige.kenji@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2007-04-06[IA64] BTE error timer fixRuss Anderson
The bte recovery_timer was not being set correctly. Signed-off-by: Russ Anderson <rja@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
2007-04-06[IPV6]: Revert recent change to rt6_check_dev().David S. Miller
This reverts a0d78ebf3a0e33a1aeacf2fc518ad9273d6a1c2f It causes pings to link-local addresses to fail. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-04-05Linux 2.6.21-rc6Linus Torvalds
.. perfect? Ahh, sure. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-04-05[XFRM]: beet: fix IP option decapsulationPatrick McHardy
Beet mode looks for the beet pseudo header after the outer IP header, which is wrong since that is followed by the ESP header. Additionally it needs to adjust the packet length after removing the pseudo header and point the data pointer to the real data location. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-04-05[XFRM]: beet: fix beet mode decapsulationPatrick McHardy
Beet mode decapsulation fails to properly set up the skb pointers, which only works by accident in combination with CONFIG_NETFILTER, since in that case the skb is fixed up in xfrm4_input before passing it to the netfilter hooks. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-04-05[XFRM]: beet: use IPOPT_NOP for option paddingPatrick McHardy
draft-nikander-esp-beet-mode-07.txt states "The padding MUST be filled with NOP options as defined in Internet Protocol [1] section 3.1 Internet header format.", so do that. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-04-05[XFRM]: beet: fix IP option encapsulationPatrick McHardy
Beet mode calculates an incorrect value for the transport header location when IP options are present, resulting in encapsulation errors. The correct location is 4 or 8 bytes before the end of the original IP header, depending on whether the pseudo header is padded. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-04-05IB/iser: Don't defer connection failure notification to workqueueErez Zilber
When a connection is terminated asynchronously from the iSCSI layer's perspective, iSER needs to notify the iSCSI layer that the connection has failed. This is done using a workqueue (switched to from the iSER tasklet context). Meanwhile, the connection object (that holds the work struct) is released. If the workqueue function wasn't called yet, it will be called later with a NULL pointer, which will crash the kernel. The context switch (tasklet to workqueue) is not required, and everything can be done from the iSER tasklet. This eliminates the NULL work struct bug (and simplifies the code). Signed-off-by: Erez Zilber <erezz@voltaire.com> Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com>
2007-04-05HID: Do not discard truncated input reportsAdam Kropelin
Truncated reports should not be discarded since it prevents buggy devices from communicating with userspace. Prior to the regession introduced in 2.6.20, a shorter-than-expected report in hid_input_report() was passed thru after having the missing bytes cleared. This behavior was established over a few patches in the 2.6.early-teens days, including commit cd6104572bca9e4afe0dcdb8ecd65ef90b01297b. This patch restores the previous behavior and fixes the regression. Signed-off-by: Adam Kropelin <akropel1@rochester.rr.com> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
2007-04-05[IPSEC]: Reject packets within replay window but outside the bit maskHerbert Xu
Up until this point we've accepted replay window settings greater than 32 but our bit mask can only accomodate 32 packets. Thus any packet with a sequence number within the window but outside the bit mask would be accepted. This patch causes those packets to be rejected instead. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-04-04[IPv6]: Exclude truncated packets from InHdrErrors statisticsMitsuru Chinen
Incoming trancated packets are counted as not only InTruncatedPkts but also InHdrErrors. They should be counted as InTruncatedPkts only. Signed-off-by: Mitsuru Chinen <mitch@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Acked-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-04-04[APPLETALK]: Fix a remotely triggerable crashJean Delvare
When we receive an AppleTalk frame shorter than what its header says, we still attempt to verify its checksum, and trip on the BUG_ON() at the end of function atalk_sum_skb() because of the length mismatch. This has security implications because this can be triggered by simply sending a specially crafted ethernet frame to a target victim, effectively crashing that host. Thus this qualifies, I think, as a remote DoS. Here is the frame I used to trigger the crash, in npg format: <Appletalk Killer> { # Ethernet header ----- XX XX XX XX XX XX # Destination MAC 00 00 00 00 00 00 # Source MAC 00 1D # Length # LLC header ----- AA AA 03 08 00 07 80 9B # Appletalk # Appletalk header ----- 00 1B # Packet length (invalid) 00 01 # Fake checksum 00 00 00 00 # Destination and source networks 00 00 00 00 # Destination and source nodes and ports # Payload ----- 0C 0D 0E 0F 10 11 12 13 14 } The destination MAC address must be set to those of the victim. The severity is mitigated by two requirements: * The target host must have the appletalk kernel module loaded. I suspect this isn't so frequent. * AppleTalk frames are non-IP, thus I guess they can only travel on local networks. I am no network expert though, maybe it is possible to somehow encapsulate AppleTalk packets over IP. The bug has been reported back in June 2004: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2979 But it wasn't investigated, and was closed in July 2006 as both reporters had vanished meanwhile. This code was new in kernel 2.6.0-test5: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tglx/history.git;a=commitdiff;h=7ab442d7e0a76402c12553ee256f756097cae2d2 And not modified since then, so we can assume that vanilla kernels 2.6.0-test5 and later, and distribution kernels based thereon, are affected. Note that I still do not know for sure what triggered the bug in the real-world cases. The frame could have been corrupted by the kernel if we have a bug hiding somewhere. But more likely, we are receiving the faulty frame from the network. Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>