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Message-ID: <20120921212849.GI14393@linux-tkdk.sfcn.org>
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:28:49 -0600
From: John Jolly <jjolly@...e.com>
To: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, venkat.x.venkatsubra@...cle.com,
netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rds: Error on offset mismatch if not loopback
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 01:20:45PM -0400, David Miller wrote:
> From: John Jolly <jjolly@...e.com>
> Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 01:11:34 -0600
>
> > Attempting an rds connection from the IP address of an IPoIB interface
> > to itself causes a kernel panic due to a BUG_ON() being triggered. Making
> > the test less strict allows rds-ping to work without crashing the machine.
> >
> > A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the sytem.
>
> Please read Documentation/SubmittingPatches to learn how to properly
> submit a change, in particular your patch submission was missing a
> proper signoff.
Thanks for catching that. Resubmitting with proper signoff.
>
> Thanks.
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