From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: ordex@autistici.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org
Subject: Re: pull request net: batman-adv 2013-04-22
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:33:53 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130425.013353.779038075699652078.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1366619894-16857-1-git-send-email-ordex@autistici.org>
From: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:38:13 +0200
> here we have another (I think the last) fix intended for net/linux-3.9.
>
> This patch fixes a bug in the Translation Table component. In particular, when
> batman-adv accesses the "inner Ethernet header", it has have to jump over its
> header which can have two different lengths. The current code assumes
> that this length is always the same and so leading to a wrong access.
> This patch fixes it by making the "jump" generic.
>
> The bug is not very critical because it "only" breaks our "smart rerouting
> feature" and does not lead to a crash since the memory it accesses is always
> allocated. I would send it to stable, but you can decide whether it is worth or
> not.
Pulled, thanks.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-04-25 5:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-04-22 8:38 pull request net: batman-adv 2013-04-22 Antonio Quartulli
2013-04-22 8:38 ` [PATCH] batman-adv: use the proper header len when checking the TTVN Antonio Quartulli
2013-04-25 5:33 ` David Miller [this message]
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