From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: pablo@netfilter.org
Cc: stable@kernel.org,
Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao <fernando@oss.ntt.co.jp>,
netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH 1/2] netfilter: IPv6: initialize TOS field in REJECT target module
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 10:36:23 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110606173623.GC7394@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1307320871-31770-1-git-send-email-pablo@netfilter.org>
On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 02:41:10AM +0200, pablo@netfilter.org wrote:
> From: Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao <fernando@oss.ntt.co.jp>
>
> The IPv6 header is not zeroed out in alloc_skb so we must initialize
> it properly unless we want to see IPv6 packets with random TOS fields
> floating around. The current implementation resets the flow label
> but this could be changed if deemed necessary.
>
> We stumbled upon this issue when trying to apply a mangle rule to
> the RST packet generated by the REJECT target module.
>
> The following Linux kernels are affected: <= 2.6.38.8
>
> Cc: stable@kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao <fernando@oss.ntt.co.jp>
> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
> (cherry picked from commit 4319cc0cf5bb894b7368008cdf6dd20eb8868018)
So, what kernel(s) are you wanting this to be applied to?
Should I just take the upstream
4319cc0cf5bb894b7368008cdf6dd20eb8868018, or does your backport do
something different here?
Same goes for the 2/2 patch, please be more specific.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-06-06 17:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-06 0:41 [PATCH 1/2] netfilter: IPv6: initialize TOS field in REJECT target module pablo
2011-06-06 0:41 ` [PATCH 2/2] netfilter: IPv6: fix DSCP mangle code pablo
2011-06-06 13:44 ` Maciej Żenczykowski
2011-06-06 14:41 ` Jan Engelhardt
2011-06-16 8:36 ` [PATCH] iptables: document IPv6 TOS mangling bug in old Linux kernels Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao
2011-06-16 15:06 ` Jan Engelhardt
2011-06-16 15:15 ` Patrick McHardy
2011-06-17 1:11 ` Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao
2011-06-17 1:14 ` Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao
2011-06-17 3:47 ` Patrick McHardy
2011-08-02 1:00 ` [PATCH] iptables/man: IPv6 TOS mangling fix was backported to 2.6.35-longterm too Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao
2011-08-24 2:55 ` Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao
2011-08-26 13:16 ` Jan Engelhardt
2011-06-07 1:58 ` [PATCH 2/2] netfilter: IPv6: fix DSCP mangle code Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao
2011-06-07 4:15 ` Maciej Żenczykowski
2011-06-07 4:51 ` Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao
2011-06-07 4:55 ` Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao
2011-06-07 6:03 ` Maciej Żenczykowski
2011-06-06 17:36 ` Greg KH [this message]
2011-06-07 2:39 ` [stable] [PATCH 1/2] netfilter: IPv6: initialize TOS field in REJECT target module Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao
2011-06-15 0:11 ` Greg KH
2011-06-15 6:19 ` Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao
2011-06-15 19:25 ` Greg KH
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