netdev - Re: [PATCH] r8169: offical fix for CVE-2009-4537 (overlength frame DMAs)

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Message-ID: <20100401010706.GA2069@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:07:06 -0400
From:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
To:	Brandon Philips <brandon@...p.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	michael.s.gilbert@...il.com, davem@...emeloft.net,
	romieu@...zoreil.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] r8169: offical fix for CVE-2009-4537 (overlength frame
 DMAs)

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 05:24:50PM -0700, Brandon Philips wrote:
> On 12:03 Mon 29 Mar 2010, Neil Horman wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@...hat.com>
> 
> Cc: stable@...nel.org?
> Tested-by: Brandon Philips <bphilips@...e.de>
> 
> > +	if (max_frame != 16383)
> > +		printk(KERN_WARNING "WARNING! Changing of MTU on this NIC"
> > +			"May lead to frame reception errors!\n");
> 
> This needs a space to look right. You might as well add the PFX too:
> 
> 		printk(KERN_WARNING PFX "WARNING! Changing of MTU on this "
> 			"NIC may lead to frame reception errors!\n");
> 
> Thanks Neil.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 	Brandon
> 
Daves already merged my patch, but I'll submit a cleanup patch shortly to take
care of this.
Thanks!
Neil

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