netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] ppp_generic: pull 2 bytes so that PPP

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Date:	Mon, 03 May 2010 13:27:09 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	simon@...e.lp0.eu
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, paulus@...ba.org, linux-ppp@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] ppp_generic: pull 2 bytes so that
 PPP_PROTO(skb) is valid

From: Simon Arlott <simon@...e.lp0.eu>
Date: Mon, 03 May 2010 21:19:33 +0100

> In ppp_input(), PPP_PROTO(skb) may refer to invalid data in the skb.
> 
> If this happens and (proto >= 0xc000 || proto == PPP_CCPFRAG) then
> the packet is passed directly to pppd.
> 
> This occurs frequently when using PPPoE with an interface MTU
> greater than 1500 because the skb is more likely to be non-linear.
> 
> The next 2 bytes need to be pulled in ppp_input(). The pull of 2
> bytes in ppp_receive_frame() has been removed as it is no longer
> required.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Simon Arlott <simon@...e.lp0.eu>

Applied.
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