Re: [PATCH] 2.0-2.5 bug in ip_options_compile
David Weinehall (tao@acc.umu.se)
Sat, 14 Sep 2002 00:50:33 +0200
On Fri, Sep 13, 2002 at 03:13:06PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:
> From: Jeff DeFouw <defouwj@purdue.edu>
> Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 17:08:38 -0500
>
> While reading about IP options, I found the IPOPT_END padding (cleaning)
> in ip_options_compile (net/ipv4/ip_options.c) was not incrementing a
> pointer. There should be an optptr++ in the for end-of-block statement
> to go along with the l--, otherwise it's just comparing the same byte
> for each l. Patch is against 2.4.19. From the kernel source browser
> this bug is also in 2.5.31, 2.2.21, and 2.0.39.
>
> Thanks a lot for spotting this, I will add this
> to my 2.4.x and 2.5.x trees and merge upstream.
Thanks. Will be in 2.0.40-rc7.
Regards: David Weinehall
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