netdev - [PATCH net-next] ipv6: remove printk

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Date:   Fri, 26 Jul 2019 12:16:09 -0700
From:   Jonathan Lemon <jonathan.lemon@...il.com>
To:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     <kernel-team@...com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: remove printk

ipv6_find_hdr() prints a non-rate limited error message
when it cannot find an ipv6 header at a specific offset.
This could be used as a DoS, so just remove it.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Lemon <jonathan.lemon@...il.com>
---
 net/ipv6/exthdrs_core.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/exthdrs_core.c b/net/ipv6/exthdrs_core.c
index b358f1a4dd08..da46c4284676 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/exthdrs_core.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/exthdrs_core.c
@@ -197,10 +197,8 @@ int ipv6_find_hdr(const struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int *offset,
 		struct ipv6hdr _ip6, *ip6;
 
 		ip6 = skb_header_pointer(skb, *offset, sizeof(_ip6), &_ip6);
-		if (!ip6 || (ip6->version != 6)) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR "IPv6 header not found\n");
+		if (!ip6 || (ip6->version != 6))
 			return -EBADMSG;
-		}
 		start = *offset + sizeof(struct ipv6hdr);
 		nexthdr = ip6->nexthdr;
 	}
-- 
2.17.1