On Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:41:20 -0700 <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled > > bridge: Reset IPCB when entering IP stack on NF_FORWARD > > to the 2.6.38-stable tree which can be found at: > > http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary > > The filename of the patch is: > bridge-reset-ipcb-when-entering-ip-stack-on-nf_forward.patch > and it can be found in the queue-2.6.38 subdirectory. > > If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, > please let <[email protected]> know about it. > > > From 0589d1f7a527e5f4c4c6d16b734cfed4e3608f1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Herbert Xu <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 05:27:28 +0000 > Subject: bridge: Reset IPCB when entering IP stack on NF_FORWARD > > > From: Herbert Xu <[email protected]> > > [ Upstream commit 6b1e960fdbd75dcd9bcc3ba5ff8898ff1ad30b6e ] > > Whenever we enter the IP stack proper from bridge netfilter we > need to ensure that the skb is in a form the IP stack expects > it to be in. > > The entry point on NF_FORWARD did not meet the requirements of > the IP stack, therefore leading to potential crashes/panics. > > This patch fixes the problem. > > Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]> > Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
There was recent followon patches to fix problems introduced by this problems. The parse code would crash when handed record route option but there was no route in this path. -- _______________________________________________ stable mailing list [email protected] http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/stable
