netdev - Re: Questions on XDP

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Date:   Sat, 18 Feb 2017 15:59:20 -0800
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>
Cc:     Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>,
        Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>,
        Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>,
        Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: Questions on XDP

On Sat, 2017-02-18 at 15:48 -0800, John Fastabend wrote:

> I'm not seeing the distinction here. If its a 4k page and
> in the stack the driver will get overrun as well.

Agree.

Using a full page per Ethernet frame does not change the attack vector.

It makes attacker job easier.