Re: [PATCH] netfilter: nf_conntrack_ipv6: Plug sk_buff leak in fragment handling

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On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 11:20:31AM +0200, Florian Westphal wrote:
> Phil Oester <kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > In commit 4cdd3408 ("netfilter: nf_conntrack_ipv6: improve fragmentation
> > handling"), an sk_buff leak was introduced when dealing with reassembled
> > packets by grabbing a reference to the original skb instead of the
> > reassembled skb.  At this point, the leak only impacted conntracks with an
> > associated helper.  
> 
> David, could you please apply this patch directly in case Pablo doesn't
> apply it first?  This fixes a remote DoS, so it better hit -stable ASAP.

I'll take care of it.
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