From: Larry Finger <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:57:19 -0600
> The real problem is that some (perhaps all) versions of the firmware, > which manages the 'in' pointer of the FIFO ring, appears to fail to > detect the ring full condition. That is the real cause of the freeze; > however, we do not have access to the firmware source. We don't even > have the right to redistribute it, which is why we have the > b43-fwcutter work around. I understand your constraints, but this is a trivially remotely DoS'able condition even on slow CPU atom laptops. Send an "expansive" full sized frame followed by 300 or so 64-byte UDP packets --> instant hang. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
