netdev - Re: [PATCH net,stable] net: cdc_mbim: handle unaccelerated VLAN tagged frames

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Date:	Fri, 09 May 2014 13:30:39 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	bjorn@...k.no
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	oliver@...kum.org, gsuarez@...thmicro.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net,stable] net: cdc_mbim: handle unaccelerated VLAN
 tagged frames

From: Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
Date: Fri,  9 May 2014 14:45:00 +0200

> This driver maps 802.1q VLANs to MBIM sessions. The mapping is based on
> a bogus assumption that all tagged frames will use the acceleration API
> because we enable NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_TX. This fails for e.g. frames
> tagged in userspace using packet sockets. Such frames will erroneously
> be considered as untagged and silently dropped based on not being IP.
> 
> Fix by falling back to looking into the ethernet header for a tag if no
> accelerated tag was found.
> 
> Fixes: a82c7ce5bc5b ("net: cdc_ncm: map MBIM IPS SessionID to VLAN ID")
> Cc: Greg Suarez <gsuarez@...thmicro.com>
> Signed-off-by: Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>

Applied, thank you!

> This bug has been present since the driver was introduced in v3.8, and
> should therefore be applied to all maintained stable kernels from v3.8
> and onwards.  I have verified that it applies cleanly to the original
> v3.8 version as well as the current net/master, so I believe it should
> apply unmodified all versions in between.

This annotation is very much appreciated, because when I process my
-stable queue this information in right there waiting for me in the
patchwork bundle I create.
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