netdev - Re: pull request net: batman-adv 2013-04-22

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Date:	Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:33:53 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ordex@...istici.org
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, b.a.t.m.a.n@...ts.open-mesh.org
Subject: Re: pull request net: batman-adv 2013-04-22

From: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@...istici.org>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:38:13 +0200

> here we have another (I think the last) fix intended for net/linux-3.9.
> 
> This patch fixes a bug in the Translation Table component. In particular, when
> batman-adv accesses the "inner Ethernet header", it has have to jump over its
> header which can have two different lengths. The current code assumes
> that this length is always the same and so leading to a wrong access.
> This patch fixes it by making the "jump" generic.
> 
> The bug is not very critical because it "only" breaks our "smart rerouting
> feature" and does not lead to a crash since the memory it accesses is always
> allocated. I would send it to stable, but you can decide whether it is worth or
> not.

Pulled, thanks.
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