‘__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

`

[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.