netdev - Re: pull request (net): ipsec 2014-09-22

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Message-Id: <20140922.164355.932664395205178101.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 22 Sep 2014 16:43:55 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	steffen.klassert@...unet.com
Cc:	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: pull request (net): ipsec 2014-09-22

From: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 07:38:38 +0200

> We generate a blackhole or queueing route if a packet
> matches an IPsec policy but a state can't be resolved.
> Here we assume that dst_output() is called to kill
> these packets. Unfortunately this assumption is not
> true in all cases, so it is possible that these packets
> leave the system without the necessary transformations.
> 
> This pull request contains two patches to fix this issue:
> 
> 1) Fix for blackhole routed packets.
> 
> 2) Fix for queue routed packets.
> 
> Both patches are serious stable candidates.
> 
> Please pull or let me know if there are problems.

Pulled and queued up for -stable, thanks.
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