Re: [PATCH] Kernel oops in ip6t_LOG.c:ip6

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Re: [PATCH] Kernel oops in ip6t_LOG.c:ip6_nexthdr

To:	Olaf Kirch <okir@xxxxxxx>
Subject:	Re: [PATCH] Kernel oops in ip6t_LOG.c:ip6_nexthdr
From:	"David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Thu, 26 Aug 2004 14:10:03 -0700
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On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 13:35:39 +0200
Olaf Kirch <okir@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> hdrptr is a u_int8_t **. What you really want to do here is
> look at (*hdrptr)[1], but what the expression does is look at
> *(hdrptr[1]). Unfortunately, hdrptr[1] is usually random garbage.

Good catch, patch applied (to 2.4.x too).

Thanks Olaf.

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