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tipc: linearize arriving NAME_DISTR and LINK_PROTO buffers
authorJon Paul Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com>
Wed, 28 Oct 2015 17:09:53 +0000 (13:09 -0400)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Wed, 9 Dec 2015 19:34:06 +0000 (14:34 -0500)
commit1f9ba7bc8b7ede093b8083cbd4f9bf1ddc36f324
treeaf569530d35d430f4a62fe35685b0c44a6d57d62
parent0bbb0285d4a496282e11b8619ee10f449e90f39b
tipc: linearize arriving NAME_DISTR and LINK_PROTO buffers

[ Upstream commit 5cbb28a4bf65c7e4daa6c25b651fed8eb888c620 ]

Testing of the new UDP bearer has revealed that reception of
NAME_DISTRIBUTOR, LINK_PROTOCOL/RESET and LINK_PROTOCOL/ACTIVATE
message buffers is not prepared for the case that those may be
non-linear.

We now linearize all such buffers before they are delivered up to the
generic reception layer.

In order for the commit to apply cleanly to 'net' and 'stable', we do
the change in the function tipc_udp_recv() for now. Later, we will post
a commit to 'net-next' moving the linearization to generic code, in
tipc_named_rcv() and tipc_link_proto_rcv().

Fixes: commit d0f91938bede ("tipc: add ip/udp media type")
Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
net/tipc/udp_media.c