Re: [patch] r8169: fix crash when large packets are received

From: Michael Tokarev
Date: Tue Jun 09 2009 - 04:59:22 EST


David Miller wrote:
From: Jon Masters <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:40:38 -0400

CC -stable team - remote DoS with this hardware present.

"remote", if on the same physical subnet, otherwise easily protectable
if not impossible to trigger

"remote" as "from outside of the host in question".
But still, this is definitely worth fixing.

Thanks.

/mjt
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