[PATCH][SRU PTUVWX] Fix 5555555... on Logitech wireless keyboard

[Kamal Mostafa]

On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 01:27:11PM +0300, Christopher Arges wrote:
> Are you applying this to Y too?

The commit is already present in Y (landed in mainline in 4.6):
    50220de HID: core: prevent out-of-bound readings

We need it only for everything <= X.

 -Kamal

> On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 10:55:21AM -0700, Kamal Mostafa wrote:
> > BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579190
> > 
> > Key 5 automatically pressed on some Logitech wireless keyboards
> > 
> > I've experienced this problem with my Logitech wireless keyboard (as if someone
> > is holding down the '5' key until another key is pressed) on and off for a
> > release or two.  It comes and goes "randomly" with each new binary kernel
> > release and there's no particular reproduction scenario -- it just happens
> > sometimes.
> > 
> > This upstream cherry pick appears to fix it, per me and other affected LP
> > testers.  The "comes-and-goes" nature of the problem also matches the nature
> > of the fix (out of bounds array access).
> > 
> > The problem has been reported on at least V, W, and X; patch cherry-picks
> > everywhere back through P.
> > 
> >  -Kamal
> > 
> > -----
> > 
> > Benjamin Tissoires (1):
> >   HID: core: prevent out-of-bound readings
> > 
> >  drivers/hid/hid-core.c | 3 +++
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> > 
> > -- 
> > 2.7.4
> > 
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