Subject: Re: [Bug 16572] random panics in bridging on 2.6.34+

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 09:03:38 -0700

On Fri, 18 Mar 2011 10:27:28 -0500
Herbert Xu <[email-masked]> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 08:10:52AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > On Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:49:03 GMT
> > [email-masked] wrote:
> > 
> > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16572
> >
> > Herbert hasn't submitted the patch upstream.
> 
> Oops! Thanks for reminding me.
> 
> bridge: Reset IPCB when entering IP stack on NF_FORWARD
> 
> Whenever we enter the IP stack proper from bridge netfilter we
> need to ensure that the skb is in a form the IP stack expects
> it to be in.
> 
> The entry point on NF_FORWARD did not meet the requirements of
> the IP stack, therefore leading to potential crashes/panics.
> 
> This patch fixes the problem.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <[email-masked]>
Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>