Re: [PATCH] opensm/osm_slvl_map_rcv.c: verify port number values received from network

Sasha Khapyorsky
2010-01-03T17:02:36Z

On 09:48 Thu 31 Dec , Hal Rosenstock wrote:
>
> I thought this was only done when these issues are actually found and
> in general we are relying on compliance.

OpenSM can rely on compliance in many cases, but it cannot crash (or
become nonoperational in any other way) relying on compliance.

> Is there a specific known
> issue here ?
>
> If we are worrying about this as a general principle, there are more
> places to bullet proof like this.

Likely so and it would be good to fix all of them.

> I am wondering about why the
> exception here.

It is not exception. I found this one, so fixed.

Sasha