Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] SIGSEGV vb_decrement_usage_count (tvb=0x0, count=1) at tvbuff

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From: Florian Lohoff <flo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 18:33:17 +0200
On Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 12:06:15PM -0400, Gilbert Ramirez wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 02:58:59PM +0200, Florian Lohoff wrote:
> > 
> > I dont think the easy fix of
> > 
> > if (tvbuff == NULL) 
> > 	return(0);
> > 
> > is correct and only considered a workaround for a bug i am currently
> > unable to diagnose.
> 
> Attached is the fix. Thanks.
> 
> BTW, what is creating these Ethernet packets? The Ethernet (802.3) length
> is the wrong value; it should be the length of the payload, not the
> entire packet. (that is, it should not include the ethernet header length).

Plaintree Waveswitch - We got back 60 pcs from VERY old POPs and someone
seems to have taken these into action in our lan :)

Flo
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