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David L Stevens 5ab4a6c81e [IPV6] mcast: Fix multiple issues in MLDv2 reports.
The below "jumbo" patch fixes the following problems in MLDv2.

1) Add necessary "ntohs" to recent "pskb_may_pull" check [breaks
        all nonzero source queries on little-endian (!)]

2) Add locking to source filter list [resend of prior patch]

3) fix "mld_marksources()" to
        a) send nothing when all queried sources are excluded
        b) send full exclude report when source queried sources are
                not excluded
        c) don't schedule a timer when there's nothing to report

NOTE: RFC 3810 specifies the source list should be saved and each
  source reported individually as an IS_IN. This is an obvious DOS
  path, requiring the host to store and then multicast as many sources
  as are queried (e.g., millions...). This alternative sends a full, 
  relevant report that's limited to number of sources present on the
  machine.

4) fix "add_grec()" to send empty-source records when it should
        The original check doesn't account for a non-empty source
        list with all sources inactive; the new code keeps that
        short-circuit case, and also generates the group header
        with an empty list if needed.

5) fix mca_crcount decrement to be after add_grec(), which needs
        its original value

These issues (other than item #1 ;-) ) were all found by Yan Zheng,
much thanks!

Signed-off-by: David L Stevens <dlstevens@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2005-12-27 14:03:00 -08:00
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802
8021q [VLAN]: Add two missing checks to vlan_ioctl_handler() 2005-12-21 18:39:49 -08:00
appletalk
atm
ax25
bluetooth
bridge [BR_NETFILTER]: Fix leak if skb traverses > 1 bridge 2005-12-26 17:27:10 -08:00
core [NET]: Validate socket filters against BPF_MAXINSNS in one spot. 2005-12-27 13:57:59 -08:00
dccp [DCCP]: Comment typo 2005-12-21 19:02:39 -08:00
decnet [DECNET]: add memory buffer settings 2005-12-05 13:42:06 -08:00
econet
ethernet
ieee80211 [PATCH] ieee80211_crypt_tkip depends on NET_RADIO 2005-12-12 23:59:28 -05:00
ipv4 [XFRM]: Handle DCCP in xfrm{4,6}_decode_session 2005-12-19 14:03:46 -08:00
ipv6 [IPV6] mcast: Fix multiple issues in MLDv2 reports. 2005-12-27 14:03:00 -08:00
ipx
irda
key
lapb
llc
netfilter
netlink
netrom [NETROM]: Fix three if-statements in nr_state1_machine() 2005-12-21 18:38:26 -08:00
packet [AF_PACKET]: Convert PACKET_MMAP over to vm_insert_page(). 2005-12-06 16:38:35 -08:00
rose
rxrpc
sched [PKT_SCHED]: Disable debug tracing logs by default in packet action API. 2005-12-13 22:59:50 -08:00
sctp [SCTP]: Fix sctp to not return erroneous POLLOUT events. 2005-12-19 14:24:40 -08:00
sunrpc SUNRPC: Fix "EPIPE" error on mount of rpcsec_gss-protected partitions 2005-12-19 23:12:21 -05:00
unix
wanrouter
x25
xfrm [IPSEC]: Fix policy updates missed by sockets 2005-12-22 07:39:48 -08:00
compat.c
Kconfig
Makefile
nonet.c
socket.c
sysctl_net.c
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