netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] l2tp: l2tp_ip - fix possible oops on packet receive

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Date:	Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:06:57 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	James Chapman <jchapman@...alix.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, alex <alex@....org>,
	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] l2tp: l2tp_ip - fix possible oops on packet receive

Le mercredi 25 janvier 2012 à 12:39 +0000, James Chapman a écrit :
> When a packet is received on an L2TP IP socket (L2TPv3 IP link
> encapsulation), the l2tpip socket's backlog_rcv function calls
> xfrm4_policy_check(). This is not necessary, since it was called
> before the skb was added to the backlog. With CONFIG_NET_NS enabled,
> xfrm4_policy_check() will oops if skb->dev is null, so this trivial
> patch removes the call.
> 
> This bug has always been present, but only when CONFIG_NET_NS is
> enabled does it cause problems. Most users are probably using UDP
> encapsulation for L2TP, hence the problem has only recently
> surfaced.
> 
...
> Signed-off-by: James Chapman <jchapman@...alix.com>
> 
> ---

Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc: alex <alex@....org>
Cc: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>


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