staging: rtl8712: prevent buffer overrun in recvbuf2recvframe
commit cab46214 upstream. With an RTL8191SU USB adaptor, sometimes the hints for a fragmented packet are set, but the packet length is too large. Allocate enough space to prevent memory corruption and a resulting kernel panic [1]. [1] http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-wireless/msg136546.htmlSigned-off-by: Haggai Eran <haggai.eran@gmail.com> ACKed-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@canonical.com>
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