Re: CVE-2016-7039 Kernel: net: unbounded recursion in the vlan GRO processing

[P J P <ppandit () redhat com>]

+-- On Mon, 10 Oct 2016, P J P wrote --+
| Linux kernel built with the 802.1Q/802.1ad VLAN(CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q) OR Virtual
| eXtensible Local Area Network(CONFIG_VXLAN) with Transparent Ethernet
| Bridging(TEB) GRO support, is vulnerable to a stack overflow issue. It could
| occur while receiving large packets via GRO path; As an unlimited recursion
| could unfold in both VLAN and TEB modules, leading to a stack corruption in
| the kernel.

Upstream patch: (under review)
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  -> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/680412/

Thank you.
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Prasad J Pandit / Red Hat Product Security Team
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