linux-stable.git/net/bridge, branch linux-2.6.11.y Linux kernel stable tree [PATCH] prevent bad forwarding table updates 2005-06-12T02:45:26+00:00 Stephen Hemminger shemminger@osdl.org 2005-06-08T16:30:09+00:00 c5187a40291642ae66928dd54bc83117286067d3 Avoid poisoning of the bridge forwarding table by frames that have been dropped by filtering. This prevents spoofed source addresses on hostile side of bridge from causing packet leakage, a small but possible security risk. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> 
Avoid poisoning of the bridge forwarding table by frames that have been
dropped by filtering. This prevents spoofed source addresses on hostile
side of bridge from causing packet leakage, a small but possible security
risk.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
[PATCH] Fix smp race. 2005-05-27T04:20:02+00:00 bdschuym@pandora.be bdschuym@pandora.be 2005-03-15T05:22:31+00:00 5ba07d5c81af64d42937a4027ea7c930bdd8bf9e The patch below fixes an smp race that happens on such systems under heavy load. This bug was reported and solved by Steve Herrell <steve_herrell@yahoo.ca> Signed-off-by: Bart De Schuymer <bdschuym@pandora.be> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org> 
The patch below fixes an smp race that happens on such systems under
heavy load.
This bug was reported and solved by Steve Herrell
<steve_herrell@yahoo.ca>

Signed-off-by: Bart De Schuymer <bdschuym@pandora.be>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org>
2.6.11 import 2005-05-12T16:59:06+00:00 Greg KH gregkh@suse.de 2005-05-12T16:59:06+00:00 279a9acc9b72a11091f4bd4781f8aa91071acc2e