‘__read_overflow2’ problem with kernal 14.13

[maveryKearney]

I've looked through recent related issues. It appears the following should work and did with prior kernals, Just not with this . Make log is included below.

`~/Downloads/Netgear-A6210-master $ uname -r 4.13.0-36-generic

~/Downloads/Netgear-A6210-master $ make export DBGFLAGS

Building driver with debug messages

cp -f os/linux/Makefile.6 /home/arch_admin/Downloads/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux/Makefile make -C /lib/modules/4.13.0-36-generic/build DBGFLAGS=-DDBG SUBDIRS=/home/arch_admin/Downloads/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux modules make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-36-generic' CC [M] /home/arch_admin/Downloads/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux/../../sta/assoc.o CC [M] /home/arch_admin/Downloads/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux/../../sta/auth.o CC [M] /home/arch_admin/Downloads/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux/../../sta/auth_rsp.o CC [M] /home/arch_admin/Downloads/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux/../../sta/sync.o CC [M] /home/arch_admin/Downloads/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux/../../sta/sanity.o CC [M] /home/arch_admin/Downloads/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux/../../sta/rtmp_data.o CC [M] /home/arch_admin/Downloads/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux/../../sta/connect.o CC [M] /home/arch_admin/Downloads/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux/../../sta/wpa.o CC [M] /home/arch_admin/Downloads/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux/../../sta/sta_cfg.o CC [M] /home/arch_admin/Downloads/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux/../../sta/sta.o CC [M] /home/arch_admin/Downloads/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux/../../os/linux/sta_ioctl.o In file included from ./include/linux/bitmap.h:8:0, from ./include/linux/cpumask.h:11, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/cpumask.h:4, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h:10, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:20, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h:4, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h:63, from ./include/linux/thread_info.h:37, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:6, from ./include/linux/preempt.h:80, from ./include/linux/spinlock.h:50, from ./include/linux/seqlock.h:35, from ./include/linux/time.h:5, from ./include/linux/stat.h:18, from ./include/linux/module.h:10, from /home/arch_admin/Downloads/Netgear-A6210-master/include/os/rt_linux.h:14, from /home/arch_admin/Downloads/Netgear-A6210-master/include/rtmp_os.h:30, from /home/arch_admin/Downloads/Netgear-A6210-master/include/rtmp_comm.h:64, from /home/arch_admin/Downloads/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux/../../os/linux/sta_ioctl.c:33: In function ‘memcpy’, inlined from ‘rt_ioctl_iwaplist’ at /home/arch_admin/Downloads/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux/../../os/linux/sta_ioctl.c:549:2: ./include/linux/string.h:305:4: error: call to ‘__read_overflow2’ declared with attribute error: detected read beyond size of object passed as 2nd parameter __read_overflow2(); ^ scripts/Makefile.build:308: recipe for target '/home/arch_admin/Downloads/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux/../../os/linux/sta_ioctl.o' failed make[2]: [/home/arch_admin/Downloads/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux/../../os/linux/sta_ioctl.o] Error 1 Makefile:1550: recipe for target 'module/home/arch_admin/Downloads/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux' failed make[1]: [module/home/arch_admin/Downloads/Netgear-A6210-master/os/linux] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.13.0-36-generic' Makefile:59: recipe for target 'debug' failed

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[dmattox10]

I get this as well.

[somewacko]

There is a PR at #83 that seems to work, last merge to this repo was in April 2017 so I'm not sure this is being maintained anymore.

[inkplay]

EDITED: https://askubuntu.com/questions/999951/netgear-a6210-not-installed-on-ubuntu-17-10

Follow the above link and check the second provided answer. You have to download https://github.com/genodeftest/Netgear-A6210/archive/port-to-4.13.zip My A6210 now works.

Same issue, worst part is I can't get internet on my desktop until I can get this driver working and I started learning to use ubuntu...

[maveryKearney]

Fortunately for now I can just hard wire my machine to the router. I have three machines though where the final application is dependent on wifi, and I had purchased Netgear A6210s . My mistake. Netgear does not claim to support linux. It is nice that folks do hack drivers that work. IMO It is better to use hardware from a company that has committed support for linux.