linux-kernel - Re: [patch] r8169: fix crash when large packets are received

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Message-Id: <20090609.035435.193703945.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:54:35 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mjt@....msk.ru
Cc:	jonathan@...masters.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	romieu@...zoreil.com, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] r8169: fix crash when large packets are received

From: Michael Tokarev <mjt@....msk.ru>
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:59:02 +0400

> David Miller wrote:
>> From: Jon Masters <jonathan@...masters.org>
>> Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:40:38 -0400
>> 
>>> CC -stable team - remote DoS with this hardware present.
>> "remote", if on the same physical subnet, otherwise easily protectable
>> if not impossible to trigger
> 
> "remote" as "from outside of the host in question".
> But still, this is definitely worth fixing.

Of course, just wanted to make sure the true nature of the problem
was explicit.
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