From: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
To: b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org
Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH maint v2] batman-adv: fix TT sync flag inconsistencies
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2017 10:25:37 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3105199.cDmPPX3bfG@sven-edge> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170706050225.24455-1-linus.luessing@c0d3.blue>
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On Donnerstag, 6. Juli 2017 07:02:25 CEST Linus Lüssing wrote:
> This patch fixes an issue in the translation table code potentially
> leading to a TT Request + Response storm. The issue may occur for nodes
> involving BLA and an inconsistent configuration of the batman-adv AP
> isolation feature. However, since the new multicast optimizations, a
> single, malformed packet may lead to a mesh-wide, persistent
> Denial-of-Service, too.
[...]
> This patch fixes this issue by storing the flags used in the CRC
> calculation on a a per TT orig entry basis to be able to respond with
> the correct, original flags in an intermediate TT Response for one
> thing. And to be able to correctly unset sync flags once all nodes
> announcing a sync flag vanish for another.
>
> Fixes: fa614fd04692 ("batman-adv: fix tt_global_entries flags update")
> Signed-off-by: Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@c0d3.blue>
Simon wanted to have a look at this patch before applying it. But I've already
queued it up for openwrt-routing [1]. This should hopefully help people which
want to test it.
Kind regards,
Sven
[1] https://github.com/openwrt-routing/packages/pull/316
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-07-06 5:02 [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH maint v2] batman-adv: fix TT sync flag inconsistencies Linus Lüssing
2017-07-24 5:48 ` Antonio Quartulli
2017-07-29 8:25 ` Sven Eckelmann [this message]
2017-07-29 8:51 ` Linus Lüssing
2017-07-31 8:51 ` Simon Wunderlich
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