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