Re: possible bug

From: Cathryn Mataga (pvb.vdsjize@jonava.net)
Date: Tue May 08 2001 - 10:41:09 EEST

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    Craig Small wrote:
    >
    > On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 06:06:32PM +1000, Ray Wells wrote:
    > > May 4 22:24:28 vk2tv kernel: protocol fd88 is buggy, dev ax1
    > >
    > > I've been able to ascertain that the messages are happening only when both
    > > listen and rxecho are in use simultaneously. If I kill either process and
    > > leave the other running, there is no problem.
    >
    > It's very strange because it is the kernel complaining about it, not
    > listen or rxecho.
    >
    > The message is coming from core/dev.c in the function
    > dev_queue_xmit_nit()
    >
    > I think it is failing on this:
    > skb2->nh.raw < skb2->data || skb2->nh.raw >= skb2->tail
    >
    > > I'm uncertain about dselect reporting the actual installed version. Does it do this
    > > or does it simply report the version that came with the package, even if a later
    > > version was obtained and packages updated? The .deb versions I obtained had their
    > > names truncated to 8.3 by my Windows system, so the filenames reported are meaningless.
    > dpkg -l ax25-apps (or whatever you are looknig for) will tell you the
    > version.
    >
    > BTW, you really should upgrade that kernel version, there is some
    > security hole in 2.2.17 IIRC
    >

    It was awhile back, but I thought this was related somehow to the fact that
    with ax25 the tcp/ip data doesn't start at a constant offset. I think, because
    of the digipeat stuff. I tried tracking down the 'is buggy' message about a
    year ago, and I think I convinced myself that it was harmless at the time. Though
    my memory is vague on this.
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