A buffer overrun issue exists in the bnx2_nvram_write function. This
issue
is exposed by calling ethtool to write to the eeprom as shown below.
ethtool -E eth4 magic 0x669955AA offset 0x137 value 0xC4
The problem happens when align_buf is allocated only 2 bytes in the
kmalloc
call and later 4
Ethtool Maintainers,
WRT my RFC (http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg02806.html) regarding
enhancing
ethtool posted on 04/11/06, would such a patch be accepted by the
maintainers of
ethtool? I don't want to spend time on these changes just to have them
rejected.
I've not received any objections
I have searched the netdev archives and have not found any RFC like
this.
This proposal is to add selective diag/test modes to ethtool with
minimal
overhead/bloat. Please provide feedback on the proposal. This proposed
selective test mode is being requested more and more from our Linux
users,
so
