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ip6_tunnel: Clear IP6CB in ip6tunnel_xmit()

skb->cb may contain data from previous layers. In the observed scenario,
the garbage data were misinterpreted as IP6CB(skb)->frag_max_size, so
that small packets sent through the tunnel are mistakenly fragmented.

This patch unconditionally clears the control buffer in ip6tunnel_xmit(),
which affects ip6_tunnel, ip6_udp_tunnel and ip6_gre. Currently none of
these tunnels set IP6CB(skb)->flags, otherwise it needs to be done earlier.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Eli Cooper <elicooper@gmx.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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Eli Cooper and committed by
David S. Miller
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include/net/ip6_tunnel.h
··· 146 146 { 147 147 int pkt_len, err; 148 148 149 + memset(skb->cb, 0, sizeof(struct inet6_skb_parm)); 149 150 pkt_len = skb->len - skb_inner_network_offset(skb); 150 151 err = ip6_local_out(dev_net(skb_dst(skb)->dev), sk, skb); 151 152 if (unlikely(net_xmit_eval(err)))