From 3c0efb745a172bfe96459e20cbd37b0c945d5f8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 08:00:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ath9k: discard undersized packets
Git-commit: 3c0efb745a172bfe96459e20cbd37b0c945d5f8d
Patch-mainline: v4.16-rc1
References: FATE#326906
Sometimes the hardware will push small packets that trigger a WARN_ON
in mac80211. Discard them early to avoid this issue.
Reported-by: Stijn Tintel <stijn@linux-ipv6.be>
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
Acked-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
index 2197aee2bb72..a8ac42c96d71 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
@@ -826,9 +826,9 @@ static int ath9k_rx_skb_preprocess(struct ath_softc *sc,
sc->rx.discard_next = false;
/*
- * Discard zero-length packets.
+ * Discard zero-length packets and packets smaller than an ACK
*/
- if (!rx_stats->rs_datalen) {
+ if (rx_stats->rs_datalen < 10) {
RX_STAT_INC(rx_len_err);
goto corrupt;
}
--
2.19.2