netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: vrf: Remove direct access to skb->data

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Date:	Tue, 23 Feb 2016 19:20:43 +0100
From:	Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:	David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: vrf: Remove direct access to skb->data

On 02/23/2016 07:10 PM, David Ahern wrote:
> Nik pointed that the VRF driver should be using skb_header_pointer
> instead of accessing skb->data and bits beyond directly which can
> be garbage.
> 
> Cc: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>
> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
> ---
> Dave: This should go into v4.4 stable as well.
> 
>  drivers/net/vrf.c | 13 ++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 

Thanks for the quick fix,

Fixes: 35402e313663 ("net: Add IPv6 support to VRF device")

Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>