Kernel not dropping bad UDP checksum packets
Issue
- Kernel not dropping bad UDP checksum packets
- The system receives packets with a bad UDP checksum, these are not dropped, and corrupt data is delivered into application buffers
Environment
- RHEL 5.10 (
kernel-2.6.18-371.8.1.el5) - System just updated from RHEL 5.8 (
kernel-2.6.18-308.el5) - Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet controller (
bnx2driver)
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