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Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:24:12 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] bridge : Sanitize skb before it enters
 the IP stack
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From: Bandan Das <bandan.das@stratus.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15:34:33 -0400

> Related dicussion here : http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/9/3/16
> 
> Introduce a function br_parse_ip_options that will audit the 
> skb and possibly refill IP options before a packet enters the
> IP stack. If no options are present, the function will zero out
> the skb cb area so that it is not misinterpreted as options by some
> unsuspecting IP layer routine. If packet consistency fails, drop it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bandan Das <bandan.das@stratus.com>

Applied, thanks a lot!