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

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Message-Id: <20060820.124605.71096208.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 20 Aug 2006 12:46:05 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	w@....eu
Cc:	ak@...e.de, solar@...nwall.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] getsockopt() early argument sanity checking

From: Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 12:15:28 +0200

> Others will consider it totally useless because it does not cover
> all cases, but I think it is against the general principle of
> precaution we try to apply in security.

Reading in a value from userspace twice for questionable
"security"  is just bogus.
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