netdev - Re: [GIT PULL nf] Second Round of IPVS Fixes for v3.18

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Message-ID: <20141113113818.GA7570@salvia>
Date:	Thu, 13 Nov 2014 12:38:18 +0100
From:	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>
Cc:	lvs-devel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	Wensong Zhang <wensong@...ux-vs.org>,
	Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL nf] Second Round of IPVS Fixes for v3.18

On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 11:21:59AM +0900, Simon Horman wrote:
> Hi Pablo,
> 
> please consider this fix for v3.18.
> 
> It fixes handling of skb->sk which may cause incorrect handling
> of connections from a local process.
> 
> This problem was introduced in its current form by 8052ba292559f907e
> ("ipvs: support ipv4 in ipv6 and ipv6 in ipv4 tunnel forwarding") in
> v3.18-rc1.

Pulled, thanks Simon.

> I believe it also exists in a different form in older kernels.
> No fix for that is available at this time.

AFAIK -stable also accepts backports if there's a clear relation
between this original patch in mainstream and the backported version.
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