01b2885d94
Commit 86a7e0b69bd5 ("net: prevent rewrite of msg_name in
sock_sendmsg()") made sock_sendmsg save the incoming msg_name pointer
and restore it before returning, to insulate the caller against
msg_name being changed by the called code. If the address length
was also changed however, we may return with an inconsistent structure
where the length doesn't match the address, and attempts to reuse it may
lead to lost packets.
For example, a kernel that doesn't have commit 1c5950fc6fe9 ("udp6: fix
potential access to stale information") will replace a v4 mapped address
with its ipv4 equivalent, and shorten namelen accordingly from 28 to 16.
If the caller attempts to reuse the resulting msg structure, it will have
the original ipv6 (v4 mapped) address but an incorrect v4 length.
Fixes: 86a7e0b69bd5 ("net: prevent rewrite of msg_name in sock_sendmsg()")
Signed-off-by: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@auristor.com>
Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel
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