Re: [PATCH] rds: Error on offset mismatch if not loopback

From: John Jolly <redacted>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 01:11:34 -0600

Attempting an rds connection from the IP address of an IPoIB interface
to itself causes a kernel panic due to a BUG_ON() being triggered. Making
the test less strict allows rds-ping to work without crashing the machine.

A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the sytem.

Please read Documentation/SubmittingPatches to learn how to properly
submit a change, in particular your patch submission was missing a
proper signoff.

Thanks.