Why "UDP: short packet" messages are logged ?

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Issue

  • Why UDP short packet is printed in logs when running the packet capture?

  • What does the below logs indicate?

    host1.example.com kernel: UDP: short packet: From 10.0.0.3:XXXX 1556/1552 to 192.0.2.3:XXXX
host1.example.com kernel: UDP: short packet: From 10.0.0.3:XXXX 1648/1552 to 192.0.2.3:XXXX
host1.example.com kernel: UDP: short packet: From 10.0.0.3:XXXX 1721/1694 to 192.0.2.3:XXXX

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.
  • UDP protocol.

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