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Diffstat (limited to 'meta-aspeed/recipes-kernel/linux/files/patch-2.6.28.9/0028-ipv6-Plug-sk_buff-leak-in-ipv6_rcv-net-ipv6-ip6_inpu.patch')
-rw-r--r-- | meta-aspeed/recipes-kernel/linux/files/patch-2.6.28.9/0028-ipv6-Plug-sk_buff-leak-in-ipv6_rcv-net-ipv6-ip6_inpu.patch | 52 |
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diff --git a/meta-aspeed/recipes-kernel/linux/files/patch-2.6.28.9/0028-ipv6-Plug-sk_buff-leak-in-ipv6_rcv-net-ipv6-ip6_inpu.patch b/meta-aspeed/recipes-kernel/linux/files/patch-2.6.28.9/0028-ipv6-Plug-sk_buff-leak-in-ipv6_rcv-net-ipv6-ip6_inpu.patch deleted file mode 100644 index 2ab10b6..0000000 --- a/meta-aspeed/recipes-kernel/linux/files/patch-2.6.28.9/0028-ipv6-Plug-sk_buff-leak-in-ipv6_rcv-net-ipv6-ip6_inpu.patch +++ /dev/null @@ -1,52 +0,0 @@ -From 71f6f6dfdf7c7a67462386d9ea05c1095a89c555 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 -From: Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@axis.com> -Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:17:45 -0700 -Subject: [PATCH] ipv6: Plug sk_buff leak in ipv6_rcv (net/ipv6/ip6_input.c) - -Commit 778d80be52699596bf70e0eb0761cf5e1e46088d -(ipv6: Add disable_ipv6 sysctl to disable IPv6 operaion on specific interface) -seems to have introduced a leak of sk_buff's for ipv6 traffic, -at least in some configurations where idev is NULL, or when ipv6 -is disabled via sysctl. - -The problem is that if the first condition of the if-statement -returns non-NULL, it returns an skb with only one reference, -and when the other conditions apply, execution jumps to the "out" -label, which does not call kfree_skb for it. - -To plug this leak, change to use the "drop" label instead. -(this relies on it being ok to call kfree_skb on NULL) -This also allows us to avoid calling rcu_read_unlock here, -and removes the only user of the "out" label. - -Signed-off-by: Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@axis.com> -Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> ---- - net/ipv6/ip6_input.c | 4 +--- - 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) - -diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c -index f171e8d..8f04bd9 100644 ---- a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c -+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c -@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ int ipv6_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, struct packet_type *pt - if ((skb = skb_share_check(skb, GFP_ATOMIC)) == NULL || - !idev || unlikely(idev->cnf.disable_ipv6)) { - IP6_INC_STATS_BH(net, idev, IPSTATS_MIB_INDISCARDS); -- rcu_read_unlock(); -- goto out; -+ goto drop; - } - - memset(IP6CB(skb), 0, sizeof(struct inet6_skb_parm)); -@@ -147,7 +146,6 @@ err: - drop: - rcu_read_unlock(); - kfree_skb(skb); --out: - return 0; - } - --- -1.8.1 - |