netdev - Re: Off-by-one error in net/8021q/vlan.c

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Date:	Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:28:41 -0800
From:	Phil Karn <karn@...q.net>
To:	richard -rw- weinberger <richard.weinberger@...il.com>
CC:	kaber@...sh.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Off-by-one error in net/8021q/vlan.c

On 2/16/11 8:10 AM, richard -rw- weinberger wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 4:58 PM, Phil Karn <karn@...q.net> wrote:
>> On 2/16/11 4:51 AM, richard -rw- weinberger wrote:
>>> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Phil Karn <karn@...q.net> wrote:
>>>> The range check on vlan_id in register_vlan_device is off by one, and it
>>>> prevents the creation of a vlan interface for vlan ID 4095. (OSX allows
>>>> this, I checked.)
>>>
>>> Then OSX should fix their code. 4095 is reserved.
>>>
>>
>> If it's reserved, then it's up to the user to reserve it.
> 
> No.
> 
> See:
> http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/download/802.1Q-2005.pdf
> 

Well, then I guess we all know better than the user. That's the Windows
Way...no, wait, I thought this is Linux.

The fact is that I did encounter a misconfigured switch using vlan 4095,
and because of this off-by-one error I was unable to talk to it and fix it.

I was hoping I wouldn't have to patch every new kernel I install.

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