Re: Snapshot 'o' the day

Andi Kleen (ak@muc.de)
17 Sep 1997 00:11:16 +0200


"David S. Miller" <davem@jenolan.rutgers.edu> writes:

> e) Fix for sockmsg handling which allowed users to spam the
> kernel stack with large control messages (Andi).
The bug was spotted by Michael Chastain and originally misread by me.
My apologies to him again.

Note that there are also a few significant changes to the IPv6
TCP ICMP handlers in this snapshot that are only lightly tested.
Some testers that try it with some real-life IPv6 traffic would
be most welcome.

-Andi