Re: [PATCH] net: bpf_jit: fix BPF_S_LDX_B_MSH compilation

From: David Miller
Date: Mon Mar 19 2012 - 17:46:45 EST


From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 05:40:48 -0700

> [PATCH] net: bpf_jit: fix BPF_S_LDX_B_MSH compilation
>
> Matt Evans spotted that x86 bpf_jit was incorrectly handling negative
> constant offsets in BPF_S_LDX_B_MSH instruction.
>
> We need to abort JIT compilation like we do in common_load so that
> filter uses the interpreter code and can call __load_pointer()
>
> Reference: http://lists.openwall.net/netdev/2011/07/19/11
>
> Thanks to Indan Zupancic to bring back this issue.
>
> Reported-by: Matt Evans <matt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Indan Zupancic <indan@xxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx>

Applied and even though libpcap won't generate this I'll queue it up
to -stable anyways.
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