netdev - Re: [PATCH] ipv6: udp packets following an UFO enqueued packet need also be handled by UFO

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Date:	Tue, 24 Sep 2013 11:43:44 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...hat.com>
To:	hannes@...essinduktion.org
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv6: udp packets following an UFO enqueued packet
 need also be handled by UFO

From: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 06:27:00 +0200

> In the following scenario the socket is corked:
> If the first UDP packet is larger then the mtu we try to append it to the
> write queue via ip6_ufo_append_data. A following packet, which is smaller
> than the mtu would be appended to the already queued up gso-skb via
> plain ip6_append_data. This causes random memory corruptions.
> 
> In ip6_ufo_append_data we also have to be careful to not queue up the
> same skb multiple times. So setup the gso frame only when no first skb
> is available.
> 
> This also fixes a shortcoming where we add the current packet's length to
> cork->length but return early because of a packet > mtu with dontfrag set
> (instead of sutracting it again).
> 
> Found with trinity.
> 
> Cc: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>
> Signed-off-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.
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