From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Peter B. West" Subject: Re: Repost: ip_local_deliver: bad skb: Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 12:05:33 +0100 Message-ID: <430076FD.5020801@pbw.id.au> References: <42FBE6CF.7090506@pbw.id.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <42FBE6CF.7090506@pbw.id.au> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Errors-To: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org Peter B. West wrote: > Posting this again, as I haven't seen any replies. Is this the right > mailing list? > > > Just lately, my /var/log/messages has been filling up with messages like > this: > > Aug 6 14:26:35 jezebel kernel: ip_local_deliver: bad skb: \ > PRE_ROUTING LOCAL_IN LOCAL_OUT POST_ROUTING > Aug 6 14:26:35 jezebel kernel: skb: pf=2 (unowned) dev=lo len=52 > Aug 6 14:26:35 jezebel kernel: PROTO=6 127.0.0.1:35923 127.0.0.1:111 \ > L=52 S=0x00 I=4590 F=0x4000 T=64 > > I've also seen PROTOs 17 and 1. > > Can anyone enlighten me as to what is going on? Apparently this is a known problem with the 2.6.12 kernel, which is being addressed somewhere in 2.6.13. :Fix" it by turning off iptables debugging in the kernel. -- Peter B. West Folio <- the atTridged version --- [This E-mail has been scanned for viruses but it is your responsibility to maintain up to date anti virus software on the device that you are currently using to read this email. ]