From: Jarek Poplawski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:24:03 +0100

> > the ipcomp handler is xfrm6_rcv(), which calls xfrm6_rcv_spi(), which 
> > contrary
> > to all other handlers returns -1 instead of 0 after calling kfree_skb() on 
> > the
> > skb. Changing the return value to 0 in xfrm6_input.c:xfrm6_rcv_spi() fixes 
> > the
> > problem.
> > But I got no clue at all if this would be a correct fix
> 
> I think your diagnose is correct (all "return -1" should be
> changed to "return 0" in xfrm6_input.c).

Unfortunately, that won't work.

The return value logic for proto->handler() is different in
IPV6's ip6_input.c than it is for IPV4's ip_input.c.

IPv4 goes:

                        ret = ipprot->handler(skb);
                        if (ret < 0) {
                                protocol = -ret;
                                goto resubmit;
                        }

whereas IPV6 goes:

                ret = ipprot->handler(&skb);
                if (ret > 0)
                        goto resubmit;

There was a good reason why things were done differently for
this case, but I don't remember what that reason was.

Anyways, changing -1 to 0 in xfrm6_input.c will break everything
even though it might make this crash go away. :-)))


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