netdev - Re: [PATCH] ip_gre: fix kernel panic with icmp_dest

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Date:	Thu, 23 May 2013 19:59:02 +0300
From:	Daniel Petre <daniel.petre@...-rds.ro>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ip_gre: fix kernel panic with icmp_dest_unreach


On May 23, 2013, at 6:53 PM, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 2013-05-23 at 11:47 +0300, Daniel Petre wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hello again Eric,
>> we applied the little patch from:
>> http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1007.0/00961.html
>> we have flapped the link few times and everything recovered smooth.
>> 
> 
> Thats a very good catch, now we have to fix the bug at the right place.
> 

Hey Eric,
maybe this could work?

--- linux-3.8.13/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c.orig	2013-05-23 19:54:58.317798942 +0300
+++ linux-3.8.13/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c	2013-05-23 19:56:30.290029424 +0300
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t ipgre_tunnel_xmit(str
 		if (time_before(jiffies,
 				tunnel->err_time + IPTUNNEL_ERR_TIMEO)) {
 			tunnel->err_count--;
-
+			memset(&(IPCB(skb)->opt), 0, sizeof(IPCB(skb)->opt));
 			dst_link_failure(skb);
 		} else
 			tunnel->err_count = 0;


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