Bug 874973

Summary: net: WARN if struct ip_options was allocated directly by kmalloc [rhel-5.8.z]
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: Jiri Pallich <jpallich>
Component: kernelAssignee: Radomir Vrbovsky <rvrbovsk>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Red Hat Kernel QE team <kernel-qe>
Severity: high Docs Contact:
Priority: urgent    
Version: 5.9CC: agordeev, ccui, cww, dhoward, haliu, jpirko, pm-eus, tlavigne
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: ZStream
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Fixed In Version: kernel-2.6.18-308.21.1.el5 Doc Type: Enhancement
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.
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Last Closed: 2012-12-04 20:56:03 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 872612    
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Description Jiri Pallich 2012-11-09 08:19:23 UTC
This bug has been copied from bug #872612 and has been proposed
to be backported to 5.8 z-stream (EUS).

Comment 5 Radomir Vrbovsky 2012-11-19 10:17:00 UTC
in kernel-2.6.18-308.21.1.el5

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2012-12-04 20:56:03 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-2012-1540.html