Re: [NETLINK] Do not netlink_unicast shared packet in kernel/audit.c

["David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 19:02:54 +1100
Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> So here is a patch to handle shared skb's by cloning them if we're
> going to do a pskb_expand_head.  This patch depends on the previous
> one that moves skb_orphan into netlink_trim.

I think this patch is buggy.  At least in the final hunk, we
do this:

        info.skb = skb;
        ...
        skb = netlink_trim( ... );

Now info.skb can be pointing to a freed up skb.

I'll apply the first patch though.