Patch works for me just fine. Thanks! -Maxim Maksim Yevmenkin wrote: > On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 3:43 PM, Maksim Yevmenkin > <maksim.yevmenkin_at_gmail.com> wrote: >> [....] >> >>>> That what has caused me to look into this issue. You can find patch for >>>> security/vpnc to prevent unbounded interface cloning here: >>>> >>>> http://sobomax.sippysoft.com/~sobomax/vpnc.diff >>>> >>> Ok, the patch prevents interface cloning, but I think it doesn't solve >>> the actual problem. >>> Let's wait for Maksim :) >> ok, how about attached patch. i put it together *very* quickly and >> only gave it a light testing. its for tap(4), because i could compile >> it as a module and tun(4) is compiled into kernel by default, but the >> idea should identical for tun(4). should be even simpler for tun(4) >> because it does not have to deal with 2 kind of devices (i.e. tap and >> vmnet). give it a try, and see if it works. please try both cloning >> paths, i.e. >> >> 1) cat /dev/tap (/dev/vmnet) with and/or without unit number >> >> and >> >> 2) ifconfig tapX (vmnetX) create/destroy >> >> in the mean time i will prepare something similar for tun(4). > > attached is similar patch for tun(4). i only made sure it compiles :) > rebuilding kernel now... > > thanks, > max >Received on Mon Sep 22 2008 - 20:17:17 UTC
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