netdev - Re: bridge netfilter output bug on 2.6.39

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Date:	Tue, 24 May 2011 18:27:37 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: bridge netfilter output bug on 2.6.39

Le mardi 24 mai 2011 à 17:39 +0200, Eric Dumazet a écrit :

> I would say its more likely a problem with dst metrics changes
> 
> In this crash, we dereference a NULL dst->_metrics 'pointer' in
> dst_metric_raw(dst, RTAX_MTU);

It seems bridge code uses one fake_rtable

You probably want to properly init its _metric field.

I can do the patch in one hour eventually, if nobody beats me.



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