[TIPC]: Enhance validation of format on incoming messages
authorAllan Stephens <allan.stephens@windriver.com>
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:04:54 +0000 (19:04 -0700)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:04:54 +0000 (19:04 -0700)
commit85035568a96065de6fb29478707a3ad5f1fed169
tree1f90673d173b40ca48de6eb7d3d65a3d3e64ea46
parentfe13dda2d24eca2ee8a6bb8a0af88ab84d589fd6
[TIPC]: Enhance validation of format on incoming messages

This patch ensures that TIPC properly handles incoming messages
that have incorrect or unexpected formats.  Most significantly,
it now ensures that each sl_buff has at least as much data as
the message header indicates it should, and that the entire
message header is stored contiguously; this prevents TIPC from
accidentally accessing memory that is not part of the sk_buff.

Signed-off-by: Allan Stephens <allan.stephens@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net/tipc/link.c