netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: flow_dissector: fail on evil iph->ihl

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Message-ID: <1383299304.19864.5.camel@edumazet-glaptop2.roam.corp.google.com>
Date:	Fri, 01 Nov 2013 02:48:24 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Petr Matousek <pmatouse@...hat.com>,
	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
	Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: flow_dissector: fail on evil iph->ihl

On Fri, 2013-11-01 at 15:01 +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> We don't validate iph->ihl which may lead a dead loop if we meet a IPIP
> skb whose iph->ihl is zero. Fix this by failing immediately when iph->ihl
> is evil (less than 5).
> 
> This issue were introduced by commit ec5efe7946280d1e84603389a1030ccec0a767ae
> (rps: support IPIP encapsulation).
> 
> Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Cc: Petr Matousek <pmatouse@...hat.com>
> Cc: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
> Cc: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
> ---
> This patch is needed for stable.
> ---

Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Thanks Jason !


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