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  • Boris Sukholitko's avatar
    __netif_receive_skb_core: pass skb by reference · c0bbbdc3
    Boris Sukholitko authored May 19, 2020
    __netif_receive_skb_core may change the skb pointer passed into it (e.g.
    in rx_handler). The original skb may be freed as a result of this
    operation.
    
    The callers of __netif_receive_skb_core may further process original skb
    by using pt_prev pointer returned by __netif_receive_skb_core thus
    leading to unpleasant effects.
    
    The solution is to pass skb by reference into __netif_receive_skb_core.
    
    v2: Added Fixes tag and comment regarding ppt_prev and skb invariant.
    
    Fixes: 88eb1944
    
     ("net: core: propagate SKB lists through packet_type lookup")
    Signed-off-by: default avatarBoris Sukholitko <boris.sukholitko@broadcom.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarEdward Cree <ecree@solarflare.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
    c0bbbdc3
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