oss-security - CVE request: kernel: gro: Only reset frag0 when skb can be pulled

Message-ID: <20110728223035.GG4946@outflux.net>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:30:35 -0700
From: Kees Cook <kees@...ntu.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: CVE request: kernel: gro: Only reset frag0 when skb can be pulled

Hi,

This fixes a remote crasher under certain network device configurations:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=17dd759c67f21e34f2156abcf415e1f60605a188

Thanks,

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Ubuntu Security Team

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