netdev - [net-2.6 PATCH 3/3] ixgbe: skip non IPv4 packets in ATR filter

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Date:	Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:29:00 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com, bphilips@...ell.com,
	Guillaume Gaudonville <guillaume.gaudonville@...nd.com>,
	Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>,
	Don Skidmore <donald.c.skidmore@...el.com>,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Subject: [net-2.6 PATCH 3/3] ixgbe: skip non IPv4 packets in ATR filter

From: Guillaume Gaudonville <guillaume.gaudonville@...nd.com>

In driver ixgbe, ixgbe_atr may cause crashes for non-ipv4 packets. Just
add a test to check skb->protocol.  It may crash on short packets due
to ip_hdr() access.

Signed-off-by: Guillaume Gaudonville <guillaume.gaudonville@...nd.com>
Acked-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Don Skidmore <donald.c.skidmore@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
---

 drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c |    4 +++-
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 7ddd60e..a0b3316 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -6024,7 +6024,6 @@ static void ixgbe_tx_queue(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter,
 static void ixgbe_atr(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	              int queue, u32 tx_flags)
 {
-	/* Right now, we support IPv4 only */
 	struct ixgbe_atr_input atr_input;
 	struct tcphdr *th;
 	struct iphdr *iph = ip_hdr(skb);
@@ -6033,6 +6032,9 @@ static void ixgbe_atr(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	u32 src_ipv4_addr, dst_ipv4_addr;
 	u8 l4type = 0;
 
+	/* Right now, we support IPv4 only */
+	if (skb->protocol != htons(ETH_P_IP))
+		return;
 	/* check if we're UDP or TCP */
 	if (iph->protocol == IPPROTO_TCP) {
 		th = tcp_hdr(skb);

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