From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
To: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
Cc: "'netdev@vger.kernel.org'" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] ipv6 mcast: Fix incorrect use of pskb_may_pull().
Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 08:03:12 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1356537792.20133.20451.camel@edumazet-glaptop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <50DA6B0D.6010500@linux-ipv6.org>
On Wed, 2012-12-26 at 12:12 +0900, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki wrote:
> pskb_may_pull(skb, len) ensures that len bytes from skb->data
> are available in a linear array. When pskb_may_pull() is
> being used multiple times for the same buffer without
> skb_pull(), the length is not accumulated.
>
> For example, assuming that we have done:
> pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(struct icmp6hdr))
>
> Here, we have to do:
> pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(struct mld2_query))
> instead of:
> pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(struct mld2_query) -
> sizeof(struct icmp6hdr))
>
> Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
> ---
> net/ipv6/mcast.c | 13 ++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/ipv6/mcast.c b/net/ipv6/mcast.c
> index 28dfa5f..5d91832 100644
> --- a/net/ipv6/mcast.c
> +++ b/net/ipv6/mcast.c
> @@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ int igmp6_event_query(struct sk_buff *skb)
> int mark = 0;
> int len;
>
> - if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(struct in6_addr)))
> + if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(struct icmp6hdr) + sizeof(struct in6_addr)))
> return -EINVAL;
>
I am a bit confused by your patch.
igmp6_event_query() is called from icmpv6_rcv() _after_
pskb_pull(skb, sizeof(*hdr);
(hdr being struct icmp6hdr)
So this patch is wrong IMHO
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-12-26 16:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-12-26 3:12 [PATCH V2] ipv6 mcast: Fix incorrect use of pskb_may_pull() YOSHIFUJI Hideaki
2012-12-26 16:03 ` Eric Dumazet [this message]
2012-12-26 16:40 ` YOSHIFUJI Hideaki
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