netdev - Re: [PATCH net 0/2] Fix infinite loop in bridge and vxlan modules

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Message-Id: <20200601.110941.803066444820067254.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Mon, 01 Jun 2020 11:09:41 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     idosch@...sch.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        kuba@...nel.org, roopa@...ulusnetworks.com,
        nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com, dlstevens@...ibm.com,
        allas@...lanox.com, mlxsw@...lanox.com, idosch@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/2] Fix infinite loop in bridge and vxlan modules

From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
Date: Mon,  1 Jun 2020 15:58:53 +0300

> From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
> 
> When suppressing invalid IPv6 Neighbour Solicitation messages, it is
> possible for the bridge and vxlan modules to get stuck in an infinite
> loop. See the individual changelogs for detailed explanation of the
> problem and solution.
> 
> The bug was originally reported against the bridge module, but after
> auditing the code base I found that the buggy code was copied from the
> vxlan module. This patch set fixes both modules. Could not find more
> instances of the problem.
> 
> Please consider both patches for stable releases.

Series applied and queued up for -stable, thank you.