netdev - Re: [PATCH] ip_tunnel:multicast process cause panic due to skb->_skb

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Date:	Mon, 24 Feb 2014 15:58:08 +0100
From:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
To:	Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>
Cc:	network dev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ip_tunnel:multicast process cause panic due to skb->_skb_refdst NULL pointer

On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 12:35:19PM +0800, Xin Long wrote:
> when ip_tunnel process multicast packets, it may check if the packet is looped
> back packet though 'rt_is_output_route(skb_rtable(skb))' in ip_tunnel_rcv(),
> but before that , skb->_skb_refdst has been dropped in iptunnel_pull_header(),
> so which leads to a panic.
> 
> fix the bug: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70681

If the packet is locally forwarded we can test for IPCB(skb)->flags &
IPSKB_FORWARDED.

I am not sure if we actually have the correct dst at that point.

Greetings,

  Hannes

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