netdev - Re: Yet another bridge netfilter crash

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Date:	Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:19:19 -0400
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Changli Gao <xiaosuo@...il.com>
Cc:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Yet another bridge netfilter crash

On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 06:39:42AM +0800, Changli Gao wrote:
>
> How about always using the skb->nf_bridge of the skb last received in
> a defrag queue as the nf_bridge of the final defraged skb? I have
> posted a patch doing such thing.
> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/60904/

I'd rather just drop the fragment (and maybe fail the whole
reassembly) if you detect nf_bridge mismatches.

Reassembling fragments from two interfaces is one thing, but
knowingly reassembling fragments across two bridges is just
wrong.

Cheers,
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