netdev - Re: [PATCH BUG-FIX] ipv6: udp: fix the wrong headroom check

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Date:	Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:50:07 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Shan Wei <shanwei@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	pekkas@...core.fi, jmorris@...ei.org,
	"yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org >> YOSHIFUJI Hideaki" 
	<yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>, Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH BUG-FIX] ipv6: udp: fix the wrong headroom check

On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 04:52:49PM +0800, Shan Wei wrote:
> At this point, skb->data points to skb_transport_header.
> So, headroom check is wrong. 
> 
> For some case:bridge(UFO is on) + eth device(UFO is off),
> there is no enough headroom for IPv6 frag head.
> But headroom check is always false.
> 
> This will bring about data be moved to there prior to skb->head,
> when adding IPv6 frag header to skb.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shan Wei <shanwei@...fujitsu.com>

Ouch.

Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>

Thanks,
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