linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] getsockopt() early argument sanity checking

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Message-Id: <20060820.124516.41639882.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 20 Aug 2006 12:45:16 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ak@...e.de
Cc:	solar@...nwall.com, wtarreau@...a.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] getsockopt() early argument sanity checking

From: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 10:34:43 +0200

> Doing a check that is inherently racy everywhere doesn't seem like a
> security improvement to me. If there is really a length checking bug
> somewhere it needs to be fixed in a race-free way. If not then there
> is no need for a change.

Totally agreed, this change makes no sense on every level.
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