netdev - Re: [PATCHv3 net 3/3] openvswitch: Fix skb leak using IPv6 defrag

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Date:	Tue, 27 Oct 2015 14:30:07 -0700
From:	Pravin Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>
To:	Joe Stringer <joestringer@...ira.com>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>,
	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
	Andy Zhou <azhou@...ira.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 net 3/3] openvswitch: Fix skb leak using IPv6 defrag

On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 8:21 PM, Joe Stringer <joestringer@...ira.com> wrote:
> nf_ct_frag6_gather() makes a clone of each skb passed to it, and if the
> reassembly is successful, expects the caller to free all of the original
> skbs using nf_ct_frag6_consume_orig(). This call was previously missing,
> meaning that the original fragments were never freed (with the exception
> of the last fragment to arrive).
>
> Fix this by ensuring that all original fragments except for the last
> fragment are freed via nf_ct_frag6_consume_orig(). The last fragment
> will be morphed into the head, so it must not be freed yet. Furthermore,
> retain the ->next pointer for the head after skb_morph().
>
> Fixes: 7f8a436eaa2c ("openvswitch: Add conntrack action")
> Reported-by: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
> Signed-off-by: Joe Stringer <joestringer@...ira.com>

Acked-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>
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