-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: David S. Miller If the device is down, invoking the device hard header callbacks is not legal, so check it early. Based upon a shaper OOPS report from Frederik Deweerdt. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Chris Wright --- net/packet/af_packet.c | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) --- linux-2.6.19.2.orig/net/packet/af_packet.c +++ linux-2.6.19.2/net/packet/af_packet.c @@ -358,6 +358,10 @@ static int packet_sendmsg_spkt(struct ki if (dev == NULL) goto out_unlock; + err = -ENETDOWN; + if (!(dev->flags & IFF_UP)) + goto out_unlock; + /* * You may not queue a frame bigger than the mtu. This is the lowest level * raw protocol and you must do your own fragmentation at this level. @@ -406,10 +410,6 @@ static int packet_sendmsg_spkt(struct ki if (err) goto out_free; - err = -ENETDOWN; - if (!(dev->flags & IFF_UP)) - goto out_free; - /* * Now send it */ @@ -737,6 +737,10 @@ static int packet_sendmsg(struct kiocb * if (sock->type == SOCK_RAW) reserve = dev->hard_header_len; + err = -ENETDOWN; + if (!(dev->flags & IFF_UP)) + goto out_unlock; + err = -EMSGSIZE; if (len > dev->mtu+reserve) goto out_unlock; @@ -769,10 +773,6 @@ static int packet_sendmsg(struct kiocb * skb->dev = dev; skb->priority = sk->sk_priority; - err = -ENETDOWN; - if (!(dev->flags & IFF_UP)) - goto out_free; - /* * Now send it */ -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/