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Subject[PATCH 2.4.26-pre1] Allow ebtables module to change protocol in netif_receive_skb
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Currently skb->protocol is read before the bridge is called, even though
it's not used until after. Hence if an ebtables module changes the
protocol of a frame the wrong protocol is interpreted.

Simon Barber

--- linux-2.4.26-pre1.orig/net/core/dev.c 2004-02-25
04:16:33.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.4.26-pre1/net/core/dev.c 2004-02-25 06:42:05.000000000
-0800
@@ -1462,7 +1462,7 @@
{
struct packet_type *ptype, *pt_prev;
int ret = NET_RX_DROP;
- unsigned short type = skb->protocol;
+ unsigned short type;

if (skb->stamp.tv_sec == 0)
do_gettimeofday(&skb->stamp);
@@ -1507,6 +1507,7 @@
}
#endif

+ type = skb->protocol;
for (ptype=ptype_base[ntohs(type)&15];ptype;ptype=ptype->next) {
if (ptype->type == type &&
(!ptype->dev || ptype->dev == skb->dev)) {
-
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