netdev - Re: [PATCH] netfilter: guard the size of the nf_ct

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Date:	Mon, 15 Nov 2010 19:35:33 +0800
From:	Changli Gao <xiaosuo@...il.com>
To:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netfilter: guard the size of the nf_ct_ext

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net> wrote:
> On 15.11.2010 07:15, Changli Gao wrote:
>> We'd better guard the size of the nf_ct_ext, as the nf_ct_ext.len is u8.
>> If the size is bigger than 255, a warning will be printed.
>
> Why are you checking this in basically every possible spot?
> Just checking once during registration (assuming the worst
> case of a conntrack using every possible extension) should
> be enough.
>

Yes. It is enough, if we check every patch carefully. Thanks.

-- 
Regards,
Changli Gao(xiaosuo@...il.com)
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