[CVE-2011-3347] [Oneiric] [PATCH 0/3] be2net packet handling allows possible DOS

[Andy Whitcroft]

On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 01:20:05PM -0800, Brad Figg wrote:
> CVE-2011-3347
> 	Non-member VLAN (virtual LAN) packet handling for interfaces in
> 	promiscuous mode and also using the be2net driver could allow an attacker
> 	on the local network to cause a denial of service.
> 
> Following this cover-letter are three patches which address this issue. Two
> of the three are straight cherry-picks from Linus' tree. The third is a very
> minor backport due to the driver having been moved within the kernel tree.
> 
> Proposing for Oneiric master.
> 
> Ajit Khaparde (1):
>   be2net: move to new vlan model
> 
> Jiri Pirko (1):
>   benet: remove bogus "unlikely" on vlan check
> 
> Sathya Perla (1):
>   be2net: non-member vlan pkts not received in promiscous mode
> 
>  drivers/net/benet/be.h      |    1 -
>  drivers/net/benet/be_cmds.c |    6 ++++--
>  drivers/net/benet/be_main.c |   41 ++++++++++++++++-------------------------
>  3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

I see there are 4 commits listed in the tracker for this, I assume the
first is not actually necessary?  Is that correct?

-apw