From: Olaf Kirch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 12:58:59 +0200
> In some cases, we may be generating packets with a source address that > qualifies as martian. This can happen when we're in the middle of setting > up or tearing down the network, and netfilter decides to reject a packet > with an RST. The routing code would detect the martian, and try to > print a warning. This would oops, because locally generated packets do > not have a valid skb->mac.raw pointer at this point. > > I didn't actually investigate why netfilter was generating an RST with > invalid IP source, but from what it looked like, the system was in the > middle of some interface setup/teardown. It is better to be safe than sorry, I've applied your patch thanks Olaf. Please provide a proper "Signed-off-by: " line for yourself in future patches, thanks a lot. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
