Re: [stable] [PATCH] [0/106] 2.6.35.13 longterm review

From: Chuck Ebbert
Date: Tue Apr 26 2011 - 20:26:31 EST


On Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:12:37 -0700 (PDT)
Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>

Also please revert the patch "fix-cred-leak-in-af_netlink" from 2.6.35.12.
The proper fix was "af_netlink-add-needed-scm_destroy-after-scm_send" which
was also added in that release. Here's a revert patch:

--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1330,16 +1330,12 @@
return err;

if (msg->msg_namelen) {
+ if (addr->nl_family != AF_NETLINK)
+ return -EINVAL;
- if (addr->nl_family != AF_NETLINK) {
- err = -EINVAL;
- goto out;
- }
dst_pid = addr->nl_pid;
dst_group = ffs(addr->nl_groups);
+ if (dst_group && !netlink_capable(sock, NL_NONROOT_SEND))
+ return -EPERM;
- if (dst_group && !netlink_capable(sock, NL_NONROOT_SEND)) {
- err = -EPERM;
- goto out;
- }
} else {
dst_pid = nlk->dst_pid;
dst_group = nlk->dst_group;
@@ -1391,8 +1387,6 @@
err = netlink_unicast(sk, skb, dst_pid, msg->msg_flags&MSG_DONTWAIT);

out:
- scm_destroy(siocb->scm);
- siocb->scm = NULL;
return err;
}

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