From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 13 Feb 2003 07:14:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 13 Feb 2003 07:14:09 -0500 Received: from pizda.ninka.net ([216.101.162.242]:40089 "EHLO pizda.ninka.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 13 Feb 2003 07:14:07 -0500 Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 04:09:18 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <20030213.040918.116107261.davem@redhat.com> To: ashishk@caldera.com Cc: ak@muc.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, alan@redhat.com, akpm@zip.com.au, jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com, linux-net@vger.kernel.org, ashishk@sco.com Subject: Re: EtherLeak generic fix - for feedback & testing. From: "David S. Miller" In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.20030213175200.006cf7cc@indus.asia.caldera.com> References: <3.0.32.20030213175200.006cf7cc@indus.asia.caldera.com> X-FalunGong: Information control. X-Mailer: Mew version 2.1 on Emacs 21.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Ashish Kalra Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 17:52:06 +0500 This is a kernel-2.4.13 patch for a "generic" fix for the Etherleak security issue and it works without making modifications to network device drivers. Not very interesting as we've fixed the problem and updated all the necessary drivers already.