Re: [PATCH net IPv6]: Fix maximum IPv6 address limit violation

2014-04-07 Thread David Miller
From: Balakumaran Kannan Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 17:22:59 +0530 > +#ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_PRIVACY > + /* When IPv6 privacy extension is enabled, there must > +* be two IPv6 address slots available. > +* - One for MAC based address > +* - Another for tempor

Re: [PATCH net IPv6]: Fix maximum IPv6 address limit violation

2014-04-05 Thread Balakumaran Kannan
Hi Hannes, >> Kernel doesn't check with max IPv6 address limit before adding IPv6 temporary >> address. >> >> Security fix CVE-2013-0343 removes max_addresses check from >> ipv6_create_tempaddr >> function as this is handled before in addrconf_prefix_rcv function. But >> addrconf_prefix_rcv does

Re: [PATCH net IPv6]: Fix maximum IPv6 address limit violation

2014-04-05 Thread Hannes Frederic Sowa
Hi! On Sat, Apr 05, 2014 at 05:22:59PM +0530, Balakumaran Kannan wrote: > Kernel doesn't check with max IPv6 address limit before adding IPv6 temporary > address. > > Security fix CVE-2013-0343 removes max_addresses check from > ipv6_create_tempaddr > function as this is handled before in addrco

[PATCH net IPv6]: Fix maximum IPv6 address limit violation

2014-04-05 Thread Balakumaran Kannan
Kernel doesn't check with max IPv6 address limit before adding IPv6 temporary address. Security fix CVE-2013-0343 removes max_addresses check from ipv6_create_tempaddr function as this is handled before in addrconf_prefix_rcv function. But addrconf_prefix_rcv does max_addresses check only before a