From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: bandan.das@stratus.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
eric.dumazet@gmail.com, herbert@gondor.hengli.com.au,
kaber@trash.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] bridge : Sanitize skb before it enters the IP stack
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:24:12 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100919.132412.102552920.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100919193433.GF31036@stratus.com>
From: Bandan Das <bandan.das@stratus.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15:34:33 -0400
> Related dicussion here : http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/9/3/16
>
> Introduce a function br_parse_ip_options that will audit the
> skb and possibly refill IP options before a packet enters the
> IP stack. If no options are present, the function will zero out
> the skb cb area so that it is not misinterpreted as options by some
> unsuspecting IP layer routine. If packet consistency fails, drop it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bandan Das <bandan.das@stratus.com>
Applied, thanks a lot!
prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-09-19 20:24 UTC|newest]
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2010-09-19 19:34 [PATCH net-next-2.6] bridge : Sanitize skb before it enters the IP stack Bandan Das
2010-09-19 20:24 ` David Miller [this message]
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