From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: levinsasha928@gmail.com
Cc: dbaryshkov@gmail.com, slapin@ossfans.org,
linux-zigbee-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ieee802154: verify packet size before trying to allocate it
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2012 13:10:36 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120607.131036.454649403537424443.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1339018322-19360-1-git-send-email-levinsasha928@gmail.com>
From: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 23:32:02 +0200
> Currently when sending data over datagram, the send function will attempt to
> allocate any size passed on from the userspace.
>
> We should make sure that this size is checked and limited. The maximum size
> of an IP packet seemed like the safest limit here.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@gmail.com>
This limit is arbitrary, I'm not applying a patch like this.
Use the actual limit, which is either the protocol limit or something
like the device mtu.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-06-07 20:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-06-06 21:32 [PATCH] ieee802154: verify packet size before trying to allocate it Sasha Levin
2012-06-07 20:10 ` David Miller [this message]
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2012-06-10 11:10 Sasha Levin
2012-06-10 11:24 ` Alan Cox
2012-06-10 12:16 ` Sasha Levin
2012-06-10 12:55 ` Jan Ceuleers
2012-06-11 3:04 ` David Miller
2012-06-11 8:18 ` Sasha Levin
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