[BusyBox 0001373]: ping has a variable datatype mismatch that can cause packets to be ignored

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://busybox.net/bugs/view.php?id=1373 
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Reported By:                kiltedknight
Assigned To:                BusyBox
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Project:                    BusyBox
Issue ID:                   1373
Category:                   Networking Support
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     assigned
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Date Submitted:             05-25-2007 09:01 PDT
Last Modified:              05-25-2007 09:01 PDT
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Summary:                    ping has a variable datatype mismatch that can cause
packets to be ignored
Description: 
The variable "myid" which is placed in the ICMP header is declared as an
int.  The datatype in the ICMP header is a u_int16_t (based on Busybox
datatypes).  This can cause an overflow situation that will cause a
returned packet to be rejected with no status message printed to the
terminal screen.

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Issue History 
Date Modified   Username       Field                    Change               
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05-25-07 09:01  kiltedknight   New Issue                                    
05-25-07 09:01  kiltedknight   Status                   new => assigned     
05-25-07 09:01  kiltedknight   Assigned To               => BusyBox         
05-25-07 09:01  kiltedknight   File Added: bb_ping_fix.diff                    
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