Re: Kernel panic with bridged kvm guest

[David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: Scot <lkml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:14:41 -0500

> This kernel panic occurs when running a kvm guest, usually with
> minimal cpu/disk/network activity. What might I try to correct it?

Known kernel bug, fixed by commit:

--------------------
commit 6b1e960fdbd75dcd9bcc3ba5ff8898ff1ad30b6e
Author: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Fri Mar 18 05:27:28 2011 +0000

    bridge: Reset IPCB when entering IP stack on NF_FORWARD
    
    Whenever we enter the IP stack proper from bridge netfilter we
    need to ensure that the skb is in a form the IP stack expects
    it to be in.
    
    The entry point on NF_FORWARD did not meet the requirements of
    the IP stack, therefore leading to potential crashes/panics.
    
    This patch fixes the problem.
    
    Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/net/bridge/br_netfilter.c b/net/bridge/br_netfilter.c
index f97af559..008ff6c 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_netfilter.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_netfilter.c
@@ -739,6 +739,9 @@ static unsigned int br_nf_forward_ip(unsigned int hook, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		nf_bridge->mask |= BRNF_PKT_TYPE;
 	}
 
+	if (br_parse_ip_options(skb))
+		return NF_DROP;
+
 	/* The physdev module checks on this */
 	nf_bridge->mask |= BRNF_BRIDGED;
 	nf_bridge->physoutdev = skb->dev;
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html