From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Hemminger Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] asix: silence log message from oversize packet Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 16:15:03 -0800 Message-ID: <20151218161503.123b5171@xeon-e3> References: <20151217175116.234fa63b@xeon-e3> <20151218.160853.1076037989795474904.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: ben.hutchings@codethink.co.uk, ivecera@redhat.com, linuxbrad@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: David Miller Return-path: Received: from mail-ig0-f180.google.com ([209.85.213.180]:34360 "EHLO mail-ig0-f180.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751422AbbLSAO6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Dec 2015 19:14:58 -0500 Received: by mail-ig0-f180.google.com with SMTP id m11so2759805igk.1 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 2015 16:14:57 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20151218.160853.1076037989795474904.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, 18 Dec 2015 16:08:53 -0500 (EST) David Miller wrote: > From: Stephen Hemminger > Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 17:51:16 -0800 > > > Since it is possible for an external system to send oversize packets > > at anytime, it is best for driver not to print a message and spam > > the log (potential external DoS). > > > > Fixes: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109471 > > > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger > > Seems reasonable, applied, thanks Stephen. It doesn't fix the bug that is generating the oversize packet, that still needs to be root caused.