netdev - Re: [patch] r8169: fix crash when large packets are received

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Message-ID: <4A2E2456.4020703@msgid.tls.msk.ru>
Date:	Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:59:02 +0400
From:	Michael Tokarev <mjt@....msk.ru>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	jonathan@...masters.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	romieu@...zoreil.com, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] r8169: fix crash when large packets are received

David Miller wrote:
> From: Jon Masters <jonathan@...masters.org>
> Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:40:38 -0400
> 
>> CC -stable team - remote DoS with this hardware present.
> 
> "remote", if on the same physical subnet, otherwise easily protectable
> if not impossible to trigger

"remote" as "from outside of the host in question".
But still, this is definitely worth fixing.

Thanks.

/mjt
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