Re: Oops cause by null pointer inbr_nf_pre_routing_finish

Thanks for the advice.
Can you explain what was the problem?
I have compared the files in kernel 2.6 and saw no fix for the bug I have 
seen

Thanks
Maya

>From: Bart De Schuymer <[email protected]>
>To: Maya Zimerman <[email protected]>
>CC: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [Ebtables-devel] Oops cause by null pointer 
>inbr_nf_pre_routing_finish
>Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 08:35:10 +0100
>
>Op di, 22-03-2005 te 15:18 +0000, schreef Maya Zimerman:
> > Hi,
> > I was wondering if anyone has fased this problem or have an explanation.
> > I am using kernel 2.4.20 patched with ebtables 2.0.6 and iptables 1.2.9
> > The system seem to be pretty stable. However once every few days it 
>reboots.
> > >From debuging with prints I located the problem in 
>br_nf_pre_routing_finish.
> > For some odd reason the skb->nf_bridge is NULL when getting to this
> > function. Since there is no protection from this case the system crashes
> > when trying to use fields in skb->nf_bridge (Ex. mask).
> > Is this a bug? (see Oops below)
> > I also could print some packet fields when the problem happened. It was
> > allways the same packet(see below).
>
>Hi, please upgrade to a recent kernel + patch.
>
>cheers,
>Bart
>
>
>
>
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