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SubjectRe: [PATCH v1] xfrm: add forgotten nla_policy for XFRMA_MTIMER_THRESH
Hello Leon,

>
> This CVE is a joke, you need to be root to execute this attack.
>

Not really, this call routine only checks

if (!netlink_net_capable(skb, CAP_NET_ADMIN))
return -EPERM;

and any users in most vendor kernel can create a network namespace to
get such privilege and trigger this bug.

> Anyway change is ok.
> Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>

Regards
Lin
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