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Re: [PATCH net] tcp: fix crashes in do_tcp_sendpages()

From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2012-12-02 01:41:19

From: Eric Dumazet <redacted>
Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2012 15:07:02 -0800
From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>

Recent network changes allowed high order pages being used
for skb fragments.

This uncovered a bug in do_tcp_sendpages() which was assuming its caller
provided an array of order-0 page pointers.

We only have to deal with a single page in this function, and its order
is irrelevant.

Reported-by: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
Tested-by: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Applied, thanks Eric.
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