Re: Memory corruption in 8390.c ? (was Re: Possible leaks in network drivers)

From: Herbert Xu
Date: Thu Jun 22 2006 - 04:28:21 EST


On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 04:22:22AM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>
> >it if needed. Actually, someone should sift through every instance of
> >skb_pad on a non-linear skb as they do not fit the reasons why this was
> >originally created.
>
> Non-linear skbs smaller than ETH_ZLEN seem unlikely.

When I was grepping it seems that a few drivers were using it with
a length other than ETH_ZLEN. I've just done another grep and here
are the potential suspects:

cassini.c
starfire.c
yellowfin.c

Also, the skb_pad in drivers/s390/net/claw.c didn't check for errors
at all.

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