Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] ieee802154: verify packet size before trying to allocate it | From | Sasha Levin <> | Date | Mon, 11 Jun 2012 10:18:22 +0200 |
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On Sun, 2012-06-10 at 20:04 -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@gmail.com> > Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 13:10:19 +0200 > > > Currently when sending data over datagram, the send function will attempt to > > allocate any size passed on from the userspace. > > > > We should make sure that this size is checked and limited. The maximum size > > of an IP packet seemed like the safest limit here. > > > > Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@gmail.com> > > Why not limit to the device MTU? That's exactly what I suggested > to you.
That's what I ended up doing in the reply to this mail.
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