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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: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 20:04:43 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120610.200443.971015025499077057.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1339326619-1753-1-git-send-email-levinsasha928@gmail.com>

From: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 13:10:19 +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>

Why not limit to the device MTU?  That's exactly what I suggested
to you.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-06-11  3:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-06-10 11:10 [PATCH] ieee802154: verify packet size before trying to allocate it 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 [this message]
2012-06-11  8:18   ` Sasha Levin
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2012-06-06 21:32 Sasha Levin
2012-06-07 20:10 ` David Miller

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