Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 01 Jun 1999 18:20:10 -0700 | | From | Ian Eure <> | | Subject | Re: Linux 2.2.* remote exploit fix |
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Alan Cox wrote: > > This is a *provisional* fix. It seems to work, it seem to be the explanation > > Alan > > --- ../linux.vanilla/net/ipv4/ip_options.c Wed May 12 16:49:38 1999 > +++ net/ipv4/ip_options.c Tue Jun 1 22:11:46 1999 > @@ -452,7 +452,6 @@ > error: > if (skb) { > icmp_send(skb, ICMP_PARAMETERPROB, 0, htonl((pp_ptr-iph)<<24)); > - kfree_skb(skb); > } > return -EINVAL; > } > I'm not very familiar with the kernel code, but won't this introduce a memory leak?
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