From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: ben.hutchings@codethink.co.uk, ivecera@redhat.com,
linuxbrad@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] asix: silence log message from oversize packet
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 16:15:03 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151218161503.123b5171@xeon-e3> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20151218.160853.1076037989795474904.davem@davemloft.net>
On Fri, 18 Dec 2015 16:08:53 -0500 (EST)
David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
> From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
> Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 17:51:16 -0800
>
> > Since it is possible for an external system to send oversize packets
> > at anytime, it is best for driver not to print a message and spam
> > the log (potential external DoS).
> >
> > Fixes: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109471
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
>
> Seems reasonable, applied, thanks Stephen.
It doesn't fix the bug that is generating the oversize packet, that still needs
to be root caused.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-12-19 0:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-12-18 1:51 [PATCH net-next] asix: silence log message from oversize packet Stephen Hemminger
2015-12-18 21:08 ` David Miller
2015-12-19 0:15 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2015-12-19 2:25 ` David Miller
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