[CVE-2011-3347] [Oneiric] [PATCH 0/3] be2net packet handling allows possible DOS

[Brad Figg]

On 02/15/2012 01:12 AM, Andy Whitcroft wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 01:20:05PM -0800, Brad Figg wrote:
>> CVE-2011-3347
>> 	Non-member VLAN (virtual LAN) packet handling for interfaces in
>> 	promiscuous mode and also using the be2net driver could allow an attacker
>> 	on the local network to cause a denial of service.
>>
>> Following this cover-letter are three patches which address this issue. Two
>> of the three are straight cherry-picks from Linus' tree. The third is a very
>> minor backport due to the driver having been moved within the kernel tree.
>>
>> Proposing for Oneiric master.
>>
>> Ajit Khaparde (1):
>>    be2net: move to new vlan model
>>
>> Jiri Pirko (1):
>>    benet: remove bogus "unlikely" on vlan check
>>
>> Sathya Perla (1):
>>    be2net: non-member vlan pkts not received in promiscous mode
>>
>>   drivers/net/benet/be.h      |    1 -
>>   drivers/net/benet/be_cmds.c |    6 ++++--
>>   drivers/net/benet/be_main.c |   41 ++++++++++++++++-------------------------
>>   3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
>
> I see there are 4 commits listed in the tracker for this, I assume the
> first is not actually necessary?  Is that correct?
>
> -apw

Yes, the first already exists in Oneiric.

-- 
Brad Figg brad.figg at canonical.com http://www.canonical.com