[Bridge] [PATCH net 0/2] Fix infinite loop in bridge and vxlan modules
David Miller
davem at davemloft.net
Mon Jun 1 18:09:41 UTC 2020
From: Ido Schimmel <idosch at idosch.org>
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2020 15:58:53 +0300
> From: Ido Schimmel <idosch at mellanox.com>
>
> When suppressing invalid IPv6 Neighbour Solicitation messages, it is
> possible for the bridge and vxlan modules to get stuck in an infinite
> loop. See the individual changelogs for detailed explanation of the
> problem and solution.
>
> The bug was originally reported against the bridge module, but after
> auditing the code base I found that the buggy code was copied from the
> vxlan module. This patch set fixes both modules. Could not find more
> instances of the problem.
>
> Please consider both patches for stable releases.
Series applied and queued up for -stable, thank you.
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