netdev - Re: [PATCH] qlcnic: dont assume NET_IP

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Date:	Fri, 17 Sep 2010 22:58:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	amit.salecha@...gic.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	ameen.rahman@...gic.com, anirban.chakraborty@...gic.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] qlcnic: dont assume NET_IP_ALIGN is 2

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:57:28 +0200

> [PATCH] qlcnic: dont assume NET_IP_ALIGN is 2
> 
> qlcnic driver allocates rx skbs and gives to hardware too bytes of extra
> storage, allowing for corruption of kernel data.
> 
> NET_IP_ALIGN being 0 on some platforms (including x86), drivers should
> not assume it's 2.
> 
> rds_ring->skb_size = rds_ring->dma_size + NET_IP_ALIGN;
> ...
> skb = dev_alloc_skb(rds_ring->skb_size);
> skb_reserve(skb, 2);
> pci_map_single(pdev, skb->data, rds_ring->dma_size, PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE);
> 
> (and rds_ring->skb_size == rds_ring->dma_size) -> bug
> 
> 
> Because of extra alignment (1500 + 32) -> four extra bytes are available
> before the struct skb_shared_info, so corruption is not noticed.
> 
> Note: this driver could use netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align()
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Applied to net-2.6, thanks Eric.
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