Re: [PATCH net-next V2] net: keep original skb which only needs header checking during software GSO

[Eric Dumazet]

On Fri, 2014-09-19 at 16:04 +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> Commit ce93718fb7cdbc064c3000ff59e4d3200bdfa744 ("net: Don't keep
> around original SKB when we software segment GSO frames") frees the
> original skb after software GSO even for dodgy gso skbs. This breaks
> the stream throughput from untrusted sources, since only header
> checking was done during software GSO instead of a true
> segmentation. This patch fixes this by freeing the original gso skb
> only when it was really segmented by software.
> 
> Fixes ce93718fb7cdbc064c3000ff59e4d3200bdfa744 ("net: Don't keep
> around original SKB when we software segment GSO frames.")
> 
> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>


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