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In commit 5fa12739a53d ("net: ipv4: listify ip_rcv_finish") calling
dst_input(skb) was split-out. The ip_sublist_rcv_finish() just calls
dst_input(skb) in a loop.
The problem is that ip_sublist_rcv_finish() forgot to remove the SKB
from the list before invoking dst_input(). Further more we need to
clear skb->next as other parts of the network stack use another kind
of SKB lists for xmit_more (see dev_hard_start_xmit).
A crash occurs if e.g. dst_input() invoke ip_forward(), which calls
dst_output()/ip_output() that eventually calls __dev_queue_xmit() +
sch_direct_xmit(), and a crash occurs in validate_xmit_skb_list().
This patch only fixes the crash, but there is a huge potential for
a performance boost if we can pass an SKB-list through to ip_forward.
Fixes: 5fa12739a53d ("net: ipv4: listify ip_rcv_finish")
Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Edward Cree <ecree@solarflare.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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