af_packet driver failure to check VLIB_BUFFER_NEXT_PRESENT flag 03/5903/2
authorJim Gibson <gibson+fdio@cisco.com>
Mon, 27 Mar 2017 20:19:54 +0000 (20:19 +0000)
committerDamjan Marion <dmarion.lists@gmail.com>
Wed, 29 Mar 2017 21:50:40 +0000 (21:50 +0000)
commitee403b722f9b3fde7c80c90066a4bfebffd2909f
tree472d9545b7b0b672f3042a1bec87069eb3d3713d
parent39cdca35c54f305239580c9a406ece1e8331894e
af_packet driver failure to check VLIB_BUFFER_NEXT_PRESENT flag

af_packet driver must check that VLIB_BUFFER_NEXT_PRESENT flag is set
when walking vlib_buffer_t next_buffer chain on transmit.
On buffer allocation:
- next_buffer is not and may contain a stale invalid value that
  should be ignored if not overwritten by a valid value.
- VLIB_BUFFER_NEXT_PRESENT flag is cleared and only set
  if a valid value is written to next_buffer.

Change-Id: Iebf76ce8eea24a0d63c7bf749e672d6a232c80e7
Signed-off-by: Jim Gibson <gibson+fdio@cisco.com>
src/vnet/devices/af_packet/device.c