netdev - Re: [PATCH net] netvsc: fix checksum on UDP IPV6

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Thu, 13 Oct 2016 10:48:54 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     stephen@...workplumber.org
Cc:     kys@...rosoft.com, haiyangz@...rosoft.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] netvsc: fix checksum on UDP IPV6

From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2016 14:03:07 -0700

> The software calculation of UDP checksum in Netvsc driver was
> only handling IPv4 case. By using skb_checksum_help() instead
> all protocols can be handled. Rearrange code to eliminate goto
> and look like other drivers.
> 
> This is a temporary solution; recent versions of Window Server etc
> do support UDP checksum offload, just need to do the appropriate negotiation
> with host to validate before using. This will be done in later patch.
> 
> Please queue this for -stable as well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks Stephen.