netdev - Re: [Security] [PATCH] infinite recursion in netlink

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Date:	Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:44:20 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru,
	security@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, jaco@...on.co.za
Subject: Re: [Security] [PATCH] infinite recursion in netlink

On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 10:32:01PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:29:12 -0700
> 
> > On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 01:15:12PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Wed, 25 Apr 2007, Alexey Kuznetsov wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Reply to NETLINK_FIB_LOOKUP messages were misrouted back to kernel,
> > > > which resulted in infinite recursion and stack overflow.
> > 
> > Wait, I just had the bright idea of actually testing this before I
> > pushed out a 2.6.20.9 kernel with another fix in it, and nope, still
> > crashes, even with this patch  :(
> > 
> > Full stackdump in a picture (forgot to have netconsole running) at:
> > 	http://www.kroah.com/netlink_oops.jpg
> > 
> > Any thoughts?
> > 
> > I'll go try 2.6.21 now too...
> 
> Crap.  We should have let this one simmer for a day to get
> more eyes on it.
> 
> Thanks for catching this Greg.

Odd, 2.6.21 doesn't crash at all.

Can anyone verify that I made the 2.6.20.8 release correctly with the
proper patch?

thanks,

greg k-h
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