16/02/2026 22:37, Stephen Hemminger: > Fix string handling in the pcapng library and improve test coverage. > > The pcapng format uses 16-bit length fields for option data, but the > library did not validate input lengths and used fixed-size stack > buffers that could overflow with large strings. > > Patches 1-4 add string validation, dynamic allocation, and return > value documentation. Existing return value conventions are preserved > to avoid an ABI break. > > Patch 5 chains an additional mbuf segment when a comment exceeds > tailroom instead of dropping the packet. > > Patch 6 replaces per-packet timestamp divisions with a precomputed > reciprocal multiply-shift. > > Patches 7-8 improve test coverage and fix the build dependency on > the null PMD.
Applied, thanks.
