netdev - Re: [PATCH] sctp: fix potential panics in the SCTP-AUTH API.

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Date:	Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:35:44 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	vladislav.yasevich@...com
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	security@...nel.org, tk@...pkit.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sctp: fix potential panics in the SCTP-AUTH API.

From: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@...com>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:57:38 -0400

> sctp: fix potential panics in the SCTP-AUTH API.
> 
> All of the SCTP-AUTH socket options could cause a panic
> if the extension is disabled and the API is envoked.
> 
> Additionally, there were some additional assumptions that
> certain pointers would always be valid which may not
> always be the case.
> 
> This patch hardens the API and address all of the crash
> scenarios.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@...com>

Applied, thanks for working on this so quickly Vlad.

I'll queue this up for -stable.
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