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Date:	Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:08:21 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	johannes@...solutions.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] netlink: netlink_recvmsg() fix

From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:55:48 -0700 (PDT)

> From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:43:55 +0200
> 
>> [PATCH net-next-2.6 v3] netlink: netlink_recvmsg() fix
>> 
>> commit 1dacc76d0014 
>> (net/compat/wext: send different messages to compat tasks)
>> introduced a race condition on netlink, in case MSG_PEEK is used.
>> 
>> An skb given by skb_recv_datagram() might be shared, we must copy it
>> before any modification, or risk fatal corruption.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> 
> Applied, thanks Eric.

I bet you didn't compile test the code you modified at all, but it's
not your fault :-)

The code is protected by CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT but that protection is
not valid.  It should be protected by something like CONFIG_WEXT_CORE
or similar.

The only way to get CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT set it to enable one of a few
drivers, many of which are in staging.

Anyways, just a heads up, I'll fix this up.
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