From: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 16:36:39 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: netlink: Safely discard short packets
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netlink: Safely discard short packets

Short packets arriving at the netlink should not be processed.

Previously, we suffered buffer read overruns.  In principle this might
be some kind of security problem, as it might make it possible to read
and have returned parts of the buffer which were used previously for
other data.  I haven't analysed this possibility in any detail.

Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
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