linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: fix neigh_resolve_output can cause skb_under

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20120928235209.GA11474@kroah.com>
Date:	Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:52:09 -0700
From:	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Ramesh Nagappa <ramesh.nagappa@...csson.com>
Cc:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"michel@...irati.com.br" <michel@...irati.com.br>,
	"eric.dumazet@...il.com" <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: fix neigh_resolve_output can cause skb_under_panic

On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 07:40:39PM -0400, Ramesh Nagappa wrote:
> >From fd023edd911ef12aca38a72b40241661c202684f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Ramesh Nagappa <ramesh.nagappa@...csson.com>
> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 10:20:58 -0700
> Subject: [PATCH] net: fix neigh_resolve_output can cause skb_under_panic

Why is all of this in the middle of the changelog section?

I'm guessing you didn't use 'git send-email' for this?

And why are you copying me on the patch?

> The retry loop in the neigh_resolve_output() and neigh_connected_output() can add
> a hard_header without resetting the skb to network header. This causes the
> skb_push() in dev_hard_header() to fail.
> Signed-off-by: Ramesh Nagappa <ramesh.nagappa@...csson.com>
> Signed-off-by: Shawn Lu <shawn.lu@...csson.com>
> Reviewed-by: Billie Alsup <billie.alsup@...csson.com>
> Reviewed-by: Robert Coulson <robert.coulson@...csson.com>

You need a blank line before the first Signed-off-by: line.  Surely one
of the reviewers should have caught this basic thing?

greg k-h
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/