From: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 13:46:36 -0700

> IPX is not checking for non-linear (and short packets) in it's
> receive routine.  This is serious because it may mean it ends up
> reading past end of skb.

This takes care of ipx_rcv() but the rest of the IPX protocol
handling still has the problem, so you'll need to meticuliously
follow the whole receive path and fix up all the spots that
parse subsequent parts of the IPX packet to fix this properly.

For example, take a look at ipxitf_pprop().
-
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

Reply via email to