linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] netfilter: ipvs: Verify that IP

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Message-ID: <20120405231942.GB7715@verge.net.au>
Date:	Fri, 6 Apr 2012 08:19:42 +0900
From:	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>
To:	Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>
Cc:	wensong@...ux-vs.org, ja@....bg, kaber@...sh.net,
	davem@...emloft.net, davej@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	lvs-devel@...r.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netfilter: ipvs: Verify that IP_VS protocol has been
 registered

On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 07:24:33PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> The registration of a protocol might fail, there were no checks
> and all registrations were assumed to be correct. This lead to
> NULL ptr dereferences when apps tried registering.

Thanks, I will queue up this fix.

Do you have a real-world example of this failing, if so it
might be worth pushing your change into stable.
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