-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. --------------------- From: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki Because skb->dst is assigned in ip6_route_input(), it is really bad to use it in hop-by-hop option handler(s). Closes: Bug #8450 (Eric Sesterhenn ) Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Chris Wright --- net/ipv6/exthdrs.c | 16 ++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- linux-2.6.21.1.orig/net/ipv6/exthdrs.c +++ linux-2.6.21.1/net/ipv6/exthdrs.c @@ -652,6 +652,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ipv6_invert_rthdr); Hop-by-hop options. **********************************/ +/* + * Note: we cannot rely on skb->dst before we assign it in ip6_route_input(). + */ +static inline struct inet6_dev *ipv6_skb_idev(struct sk_buff *skb) +{ + return skb->dst ? ip6_dst_idev(skb->dst) : __in6_dev_get(skb->dev); +} + /* Router Alert as of RFC 2711 */ static int ipv6_hop_ra(struct sk_buff **skbp, int optoff) @@ -678,25 +686,25 @@ static int ipv6_hop_jumbo(struct sk_buff if (skb->nh.raw[optoff+1] != 4 || (optoff&3) != 2) { LIMIT_NETDEBUG(KERN_DEBUG "ipv6_hop_jumbo: wrong jumbo opt length/alignment %d\n", skb->nh.raw[optoff+1]); - IP6_INC_STATS_BH(ip6_dst_idev(skb->dst), + IP6_INC_STATS_BH(ipv6_skb_idev(skb), IPSTATS_MIB_INHDRERRORS); goto drop; } pkt_len = ntohl(*(__be32*)(skb->nh.raw+optoff+2)); if (pkt_len <= IPV6_MAXPLEN) { - IP6_INC_STATS_BH(ip6_dst_idev(skb->dst), IPSTATS_MIB_INHDRERRORS); + IP6_INC_STATS_BH(ipv6_skb_idev(skb), IPSTATS_MIB_INHDRERRORS); icmpv6_param_prob(skb, ICMPV6_HDR_FIELD, optoff+2); return 0; } if (skb->nh.ipv6h->payload_len) { - IP6_INC_STATS_BH(ip6_dst_idev(skb->dst), IPSTATS_MIB_INHDRERRORS); + IP6_INC_STATS_BH(ipv6_skb_idev(skb), IPSTATS_MIB_INHDRERRORS); icmpv6_param_prob(skb, ICMPV6_HDR_FIELD, optoff); return 0; } if (pkt_len > skb->len - sizeof(struct ipv6hdr)) { - IP6_INC_STATS_BH(ip6_dst_idev(skb->dst), IPSTATS_MIB_INTRUNCATEDPKTS); + IP6_INC_STATS_BH(ipv6_skb_idev(skb), IPSTATS_MIB_INTRUNCATEDPKTS); goto drop; } -- - 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/