netdev - Re: [PATCH 7/7 net-2.6.26] [TIPC]: Enhance validation of format on incoming messages

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Message-Id: <20080415.190503.168600922.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:05:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	allan.stephens@...driver.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7 net-2.6.26] [TIPC]: Enhance validation of format on
 incoming messages

From: Allan Stephens <allan.stephens@...driver.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:43:57 -0400

> This patch ensures that TIPC properly handles incoming messages
> that have incorrect or unexpected formats.  Most significantly,
> it now ensures that each sl_buff has at least as much data as
> the message header indicates it should, and that the entire
> message header is stored contiguously; this prevents TIPC from
> accidentally accessing memory that is not part of the sk_buff.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Allan Stephens <allan.stephens@...driver.com>

Applied, thanks.
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