netdev - Re: [PATCH] [TPROXY] fixes a possible read from an invalid location in the socket match

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Date:	Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:54:00 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	bazsi@...abit.hu
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, hidden@....bme.hu
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [TPROXY] fixes a possible read from an invalid
 location in the socket match

From: Balazs Scheidler <bazsi@...abit.hu>
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:43:34 +0100

> I've found this while looking for an unrelated issue. I guess this should 
> still go in 2.6.28, if possible.
> 
> TIME_WAIT sockets need to be handled specially, and the socket match
> casted inet_timewait_sock instances to inet_sock, which are not
> compatible. 
> 
> Handle this special case by checking sk->sk_state.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Balazs Scheidler <bazsi@...abit.hu>

Applied, thanks.
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