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Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 15:52:06 -0800 (PST) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: socketcan@...tkopp.net Cc: eric.dumazet@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH stable 3.7+] fib_frontend: fix possible NULL pointer dereference From: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@...tkopp.net> Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 10:19:34 +0100 > The two commits 0115e8e30d (net: remove delay at device dismantle) and > 748e2d9396a (net: reinstate rtnl in call_netdevice_notifiers()) silently > removed a NULL pointer check for in_dev since Linux 3.7. > > This patch re-introduces this check as it causes crashing the kernel when > setting small mtu values on non-ip capable netdevices. > > Signed-off-by: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@...tkopp.net> Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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