Re: 2.2.x BUG & PATCH: recvmsg() does not check msg_controllen correctly

From: David S. Miller (davem@redhat.com)
Date: Fri Nov 03 2000 - 17:18:35 EST


The real bug is in the setting of MSG_TRUNC (which is the only side
effect of your change). So the better fix is:

--- net/core/scm.c.~1~ Tue Jun 15 09:19:30 1999
+++ net/core/scm.c Fri Nov 3 14:18:06 2000
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
                         msg->msg_controllen -= cmlen;
                 }
         }
- if (i < fdnum)
+ if (i < fdnum || (fdnum && fdmax <= 0))
                 msg->msg_flags |= MSG_CTRUNC;
 
         /*
-
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