netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 0/4] tunnels: fix incorrect IPv4/v6 headers interpretation

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Date:	Sat, 29 Aug 2015 13:08:10 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jbenc@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, tgraf@...g.ch, pshelar@...ira.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 0/4] tunnels: fix incorrect IPv4/v6 headers
 interpretation

From: Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 20:48:18 +0200

> With tunneling, it is currently possible to get an IPv6 header and interpret
> it as an IPv4 header, or to interpret an IPv6 address as an IPv4 address
> (and vice versa). This leads to things like sending packets to incorrect
> address, IPv6 flow label being interpreted as IP packet length, etc.
> 
> Fix several places where this can happen.
> 
> Most of this is net-next only. The third patch affects net, too, but it
> doesn't seem there's anything in user space that sets the attribute at all
> currently, thus net-next is fine.
> 
> Changelog:
> v2: fixed geneve after incorrect rebase on top of Pravin's patches

Series applied, thanks Jiri.
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