netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] ipv6: fix packet corruption when Dest/RT2 options are used

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Date:	Mon, 7 Jan 2013 13:41:56 +0100
From:	Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
To:	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
Cc:	Romain KUNTZ <r.kuntz@...lavors.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ipv6: fix packet corruption when Dest/RT2 options
 are used

On Mon, Jan 07, 2013 at 11:49:51AM +0100, Nicolas Dichtel wrote:
> Le 05/01/2013 17:19, Romain KUNTZ a écrit :
> >Commit 299b0767 (ipv6: Fix IPsec slowpath fragmentation problem)
> Add Steffen into CC, he is the author of this patch and the IPsec
> maintainer.
> 
> >has introduced a bug that provokes corrupted packets when Destination
> >Options or Routing Header Type 2 are used (such as with Mobile IPv6):
> >rt->rt6i_nfheader_len should be substracted to rt->dst.header_len,
> >and not to exthdrlen.

I had no Mobile IPv6 test case, so I likely overlooked this.

> >
> >This patch reverts to the original and correct behavior. Successfully
> >tested with and without IPsec activated for MH packets.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Romain Kuntz <r.kuntz@...lavors.com>

Thanks for catching!

Acked-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>

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