Linux 2.2.* remote exploit fix

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 1 Jun 1999 23:23:04 +0100 (BST)

This is a *provisional* fix. It seems to work, it seem to be the explanation

Alan

--- ../linux.vanilla/net/ipv4/ip_options.c Wed May 12 16:49:38 1999
+++ net/ipv4/ip_options.c Tue Jun 1 22:11:46 1999
@@ -452,7 +452,6 @@
error:
if (skb) {
icmp_send(skb, ICMP_PARAMETERPROB, 0, htonl((pp_ptr-iph)<<24));
- kfree_skb(skb);
}
return -EINVAL;
}

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