From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964963AbcBIALq (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Feb 2016 19:11:46 -0500 Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:59777 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755747AbcBHXyi (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Feb 2016 18:54:38 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Ben Hutchings To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org CC: akpm@linux-foundation.org, "David S. Miller" , "stephen hemminger" Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2016 23:53:51 +0000 Message-ID: X-Mailer: LinuxStableQueue (scripts by bwh) Subject: [PATCH 3.2 17/87] asix: silence log message from oversize packet In-Reply-To: X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 2a02:8011:400e:2:a11:96ff:fe28:a980 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ben@decadent.org.uk X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on shadbolt.decadent.org.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 3.2.77-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: stephen hemminger commit b70183db83552cf63cac51406aaf76a2cf5fca73 upstream. Since it is possible for an external system to send oversize packets at anytime, it is best for driver not to print a message and spam the log (potential external DoS). Fixes: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109471 Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger Signed-off-by: David S. Miller [bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust filename, context] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/net/usb/asix.c +++ b/drivers/net/usb/asix.c @@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ static int asix_rx_fixup_internal(struct } if (rx->size > dev->net->mtu + ETH_HLEN + VLAN_HLEN) { - netdev_err(dev->net, "asix_rx_fixup() Bad RX Length %d\n", + netdev_dbg(dev->net, "asix_rx_fixup() Bad RX Length %d\n", rx->size); kfree_skb(rx->ax_skb); return 0;