Re: [patch 00/50] 2.6.25.6 -stable review

[Marco Berizzi]

David Miller wrote:

> From: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 17:25:11 +0800
> 
>> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 10:19:57AM +0200, Marco Berizzi wrote:
>> > 
>> > I hope this helps.
>> 
>> OK found the problem, it was my fault after all :)
>> 
>> Dave, this patch needs to go into stable too.
>> 
>> [IPSEC]: Use the correct ip_local_out function
>> 
>> Because the IPsec output function xfrm_output_resume does its
>> own dst_output call it should always call __ip_local_output
>> instead of ip_local_output as the latter may invoke dst_output
>> directly.  Otherwise the return values from nf_hook and dst_output
>> may clash as they both use the value 1 but for different purposes.
>> 
>> When that clash occurs this can cause a packet to be used after
>> it has been freed which usually leads to a crash.  Because the
>> offending value is only returned from dst_output with qdiscs
>> such as HTB, this bug is normally not visible.
>> 
>> Thanks to Marco Berizzi for his perseverance in tracking this
>> down.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Applied and queued to -stable, thanks!

Hi David,

I don't see this patch in Chris 2.6.25.6 -stable review message.

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