Subject: Re: [PATCH] compat bug in sys_recvmsg, MSG_CMSG_COMPAT check missing

From: Olaf Hering <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 23:14:09 +0200

On Sat, Jun 05, Olaf Hering wrote:

> 
> packet_recvmsg() gets the flags from the compat_sys_socketcall(), but it
> does not check for the active MSG_CMSG_COMPAT bit. As a result, it
> returns -EINVAL and makes the user rather unhappy

possible related bugs are in:

ipx_sendmsg
pfkey_recvmsg
x25_sendmsg
ax25_sendmsg
irda_sendmsg
irda_sendmsg_dgram
irda_sendmsg_ultra
rose_sendmsg
atalk_sendmsg
dn_recvmsg
dn_sendmsg
econet_sendmsg
wanpipe_sendmsg
nr_sendmsg

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