Bug 872799

Summary:	net: WARN if struct ip_options was allocated directly by kmalloc [rhel-6.4]
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	Jiri Pirko <jpirko>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Jiri Pirko <jpirko>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Network QE <network-qe>
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	urgent
Version:	6.4	CC:	dhoward, haliu, jpirko, jwest, msvoboda, pmatouse, rkhan, sforsber
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	ZStream
Target Release:	---
Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
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Fixed In Version:	kernel-2.6.32-339.el6	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	The INET socket interface has been modified to send a warning message when the ip_options structure is allocated directly by a third-party module using the kmalloc() function.	Story Points:	---
Clone Of:	872612	Environment:
Last Closed:	2013-02-21 06:55:12 UTC	Type:	Bug
Regression:	---	Mount Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team:	---	Target Upstream Version:
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Bug Depends On:	829109
Bug Blocks:	877950

Description Jiri Pirko 2012-11-03 09:46:03 UTC

In case struct ip_options is allocated directly by kmalloc by a 3rd
party module, warn about this situation in get_ip_options_rcu().

Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2012-11-04 10:40:54 UTC

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux release.  Product
Management has requested further review of this request by
Red Hat Engineering, for potential inclusion in a Red Hat
Enterprise Linux release for currently deployed products.
This request is not yet committed for inclusion in a release.

Comment 3 Jarod Wilson 2012-11-06 21:19:57 UTC

Patch(es) available on kernel-2.6.32-339.el6

Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2013-02-21 06:55:12 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0496.html