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authorHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>2008-05-20 14:32:14 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-05-20 14:32:14 -0700
commit1ac06e0306d0192a7a4d9ea1c9e06d355ce7e7d3 (patch)
tree610968ecaa89b3b9144db508dc2bd650afadce74 /net/ipv6
parent6f704992d3658aadff9e506c7fd80957fce33c5f (diff)
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@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/ipv6')
-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/route.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index b7a4a875a26a..48534c6c0735 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ static struct dst_ops ip6_dst_ops_template = {
.negative_advice = ip6_negative_advice,
.link_failure = ip6_link_failure,
.update_pmtu = ip6_rt_update_pmtu,
- .local_out = ip6_local_out,
+ .local_out = __ip6_local_out,
.entry_size = sizeof(struct rt6_info),
.entries = ATOMIC_INIT(0),
};