[PATCH 3.2 065/221] net: compat: Ignore MSG_CMSG_COMPAT in compat_sys_{send, recv}msg

[Ben Hutchings]

3.2.69-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>

commit d720d8cec563ce4e4fa44a613d4f2dcb1caf2998 upstream.

With commit a7526eb5d06b (net: Unbreak compat_sys_{send,recv}msg), the
MSG_CMSG_COMPAT flag is blocked at the compat syscall entry points,
changing the kernel compat behaviour from the one before the commit it
was trying to fix (1be374a0518a, net: Block MSG_CMSG_COMPAT in
send(m)msg and recv(m)msg).

On 32-bit kernels (!CONFIG_COMPAT), MSG_CMSG_COMPAT is 0 and the native
32-bit sys_sendmsg() allows flag 0x80000000 to be set (it is ignored by
the kernel). However, on a 64-bit kernel, the compat ABI is different
with commit a7526eb5d06b.

This patch changes the compat_sys_{send,recv}msg behaviour to the one
prior to commit 1be374a0518a.

The problem was found running 32-bit LTP (sendmsg01) binary on an arm64
kernel. Arguably, LTP should not pass 0xffffffff as flags to sendmsg()
but the general rule is not to break user ABI (even when the user
behaviour is not entirely sane).

Fixes: a7526eb5d06b (net: Unbreak compat_sys_{send,recv}msg)
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 net/compat.c | 9 ---------
 1 file changed, 9 deletions(-)

--- a/net/compat.c
+++ b/net/compat.c
@@ -737,24 +737,18 @@ static unsigned char nas[21] = {
 
 asmlinkage long compat_sys_sendmsg(int fd, struct compat_msghdr __user *msg, unsigned flags)
 {
-	if (flags & MSG_CMSG_COMPAT)
-		return -EINVAL;
 	return __sys_sendmsg(fd, (struct msghdr __user *)msg, flags | MSG_CMSG_COMPAT);
 }
 
 asmlinkage long compat_sys_sendmmsg(int fd, struct compat_mmsghdr __user *mmsg,
 				    unsigned vlen, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	if (flags & MSG_CMSG_COMPAT)
-		return -EINVAL;
 	return __sys_sendmmsg(fd, (struct mmsghdr __user *)mmsg, vlen,
 			      flags | MSG_CMSG_COMPAT);
 }
 
 asmlinkage long compat_sys_recvmsg(int fd, struct compat_msghdr __user *msg, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	if (flags & MSG_CMSG_COMPAT)
-		return -EINVAL;
 	return __sys_recvmsg(fd, (struct msghdr __user *)msg, flags | MSG_CMSG_COMPAT);
 }
 
@@ -777,9 +771,6 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_recvmmsg(int
 	int datagrams;
 	struct timespec ktspec;
 
-	if (flags & MSG_CMSG_COMPAT)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	if (timeout == NULL)
 		return __sys_recvmmsg(fd, (struct mmsghdr __user *)mmsg, vlen,
 				      flags | MSG_CMSG_COMPAT, NULL);

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