netdev - Re: [PATCH] Fix NULL pointer dereference and lockup.

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Date:	Mon, 26 May 2008 08:42:14 +0000
From:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
To:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Jann Traschewski <jann@....de>,
	Thomas Osterried <thomas@...erried.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix NULL pointer dereference and lockup.

On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 09:23:45AM +0100, Ralf Baechle wrote:
> From: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
> 
> There is only one function in AX25 calling skb_append(), and it really
> looks suspicious: appends skb after previously enqueued one, but in
> the meantime this previous skb could be removed from the queue.
> 
> This patch Fixes it the simple way, so this is not fully compatible with
> the current method, but testing hasn't shown any problems.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
> 
> ---
> I'm told Jarek is currently not reachable, so I'm submitting this for 2.6.26
> and -stable.

Acked-by: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
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