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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: eric.dumazet@gmail.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pktgen: Dont leak kernel memory
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:55:46 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091024.065546.30924305.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4ADE95C6.40103@gmail.com>

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:01:58 +0200

> [PATCH] pktgen: Dont leak kernel memory
> 
> While playing with pktgen, I realized IP ID was not filled and a random value
> was taken, possibly leaking 2 bytes of kernel memory.
>  
> We can use an increasing ID, this can help diagnostics anyway.
> 
> Also clear packet payload, instead of leaking kernel memory.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>

Applied, thanks Eric.

      reply	other threads:[~2009-10-24 13:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-10-21  4:22 [PATCH] pktgen: initialize IP ID field Eric Dumazet
2009-10-21  5:01 ` [PATCH] pktgen: Dont leak kernel memory Eric Dumazet
2009-10-24 13:55   ` David Miller [this message]

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