Re: IP fragment overlap fix in 2.0.32

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 18 Nov 1997 23:36:38 +0000 (GMT)


> because the ip_done function checks that all the fragments
> connect, and the small (by now negative) fragment 'creates a hole'.
>
> I'm not sure that this situation will ever arise in normal use, but

and the timer will expire the packet anyway