netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] validate variable length ll headers

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Date:	Wed, 09 Mar 2016 23:26:08 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, willemb@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] validate variable length ll headers

From: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 23:22:59 -0500

> On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 10:13 PM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
>> From: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
>> Date: Wed,  9 Mar 2016 21:58:31 -0500
>>
>>> Allow device-specific validation of link layer headers. Existing
>>> checks drop all packets shorter than hard_header_len. For variable
>>> length protocols, such packets can be valid.
>>>
>>> patch 1 adds header_ops.validate and dev_validate_header
>>> patch 2 implements the protocol specific callback for AX25
>>> patch 3 replaces ll_header_truncated with dev_validate_header
>>
>> Series applied and queued up for -stable, thanks!
> 
> Thanks, David. Please don't queue the earlier net patchset for stable.
> I spotted an issue while converting to net-next, I'm afraid. I can send a
> net v2 (as net-next won't apply), or a separate stable patch once 4.5 is cut.

I'll use the net-next patches as the basis for the backport I do,
thanks.