Re: [PATCH] Fix kfree bug in sendmsg and recvmsg

[David Miller]

From: Joe Korty <joe.korty@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 11:38:05 -0500

> Fix kfree bug in recvmsg and sendmsg.
> 
> We cannot kfree(iov) when iov points to an array on the
> stack, as that has the potential of corrupting memory.
> 
> So re-introduce the if-stmt that used to protect kfree
> from this condition, code that was removed as part of
> a larger set of changes made by git commit da184284.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Korty <joe.korty@xxxxxxxx>

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