Attempting an rds connection from the IP address of an IPoIB interface to itself causes a kernel panic due to a BUG_ON() being triggered. Making the test less strict allows rds-ping to work without crashing the machine.
A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the sytem. --- net/rds/ib_send.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/rds/ib_send.c b/net/rds/ib_send.c index e590949..7920c85 100644 --- a/net/rds/ib_send.c +++ b/net/rds/ib_send.c @@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ int rds_ib_xmit(struct rds_connection *conn, struct rds_message *rm, int flow_controlled = 0; int nr_sig = 0; - BUG_ON(off % RDS_FRAG_SIZE); + BUG_ON(!conn->c_loopback && off % RDS_FRAG_SIZE); BUG_ON(hdr_off != 0 && hdr_off != sizeof(struct rds_header)); /* Do not send cong updates to IB loopback */ -- 1.7.7 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/