Kernel panic still happens due to bug in connlimit on kernel 2.6.11

Kernel panic still happens due to bug in connlimit on kernel 2.6.11

[Ari Sundholm]

Hello!

(Please CC me as I am not subscribed)

I recently ran into kernel panics with my shiny new 2.6.11 kernel. After
a lot of grief I found out that the connlimit module used to have a bug
which lead into an inevitable NULL pointer dereference and a panic.
After removing all iptables rules using connlimit and rebooting I got no
further panics during 48 hours - the kernel would panic in less than 10
hours when the rules were still there. This was highly suggestive that
there was still something wrong. And indeed, there was: the original
problem was never fixed!

I found out that a patch had been discussed and apparently found good
(on May 19). Someone was supposed to commit the patch. However, it seems
the patch was never committed - I took a look at the SVN trunk for
pom-ng today.

Please fix this at your earliest convenience.

Best regards,

Ari Sundholm
megari@freedb.org
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Moderator of freedb forums
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Re: Kernel panic still happens due to bug in connlimit on kernel 2.6.11

[Damon Gray]

My patch is good, I've been running 2.6.11.7 with my changes for a while 
now. Not sure why it hasn't been submitted into SVN yet as I don't have 
submit privs.

-Damon-

On Sun, 5 Jun 2005, Ari Sundholm wrote:

> Hello!
>
> (Please CC me as I am not subscribed)
>
> I recently ran into kernel panics with my shiny new 2.6.11 kernel. After
> a lot of grief I found out that the connlimit module used to have a bug
> which lead into an inevitable NULL pointer dereference and a panic.
> After removing all iptables rules using connlimit and rebooting I got no
> further panics during 48 hours - the kernel would panic in less than 10
> hours when the rules were still there. This was highly suggestive that
> there was still something wrong. And indeed, there was: the original
> problem was never fixed!
>
> I found out that a patch had been discussed and apparently found good
> (on May 19). Someone was supposed to commit the patch. However, it seems
> the patch was never committed - I took a look at the SVN trunk for
> pom-ng today.
>
> Please fix this at your earliest convenience.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ari Sundholm
> megari@freedb.org
> Author of cddbcomp - THE Delphi component for freedb access
> Moderator of freedb forums
> freedb core team
> Support languages: Finnish, English, German, Swedish
> DISCLAIMER: Despite being part of the freedb team I only represent myself unless otherwise noted. Freedb is in no way responsible for my actions or opinions.
>
>
>
>

Re: Kernel panic still happens due to bug in connlimit on kernel 2.6.11

[Patrick McHardy]

Damon Gray wrote:
> 
> My patch is good, I've been running 2.6.11.7 with my changes for a while
> now. Not sure why it hasn't been submitted into SVN yet as I don't have
> submit privs.

I've committed it to svn now.

Regards
Patrick