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Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: fix /proc/net/snmp as memory corruptor
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From: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>
Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2008 06:53:31 +0100

> [PATCH] net: fix /proc/net/snmp as memory corruptor
> 
> icmpmsg_put() can happily corrupt kernel memory, using a static
> table and forgetting to reset an array index in a loop.
> 
> Remove the static array since its not safe without proper locking.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>

I've applied this version of the fix.

Thanks!