linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.2 205/221] rxrpc: bogus MSG_PEEK test in rxrpc

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Date:	Tue, 05 May 2015 02:16:39 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Al Viro" <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	"Al Viro" <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [PATCH 3.2 205/221] rxrpc: bogus MSG_PEEK test in rxrpc_recvmsg()

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

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From: Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>

[ Upstream commit 7d985ed1dca5c90535d67ce92ef6ca520302340a ]

[I would really like an ACK on that one from dhowells; it appears to be
quite straightforward, but...]

MSG_PEEK isn't passed to ->recvmsg() via msg->msg_flags; as the matter of
fact, neither the kernel users of rxrpc, nor the syscalls ever set that bit
in there.  It gets passed via flags; in fact, another such check in the same
function is done correctly - as flags & MSG_PEEK.

It had been that way (effectively disabled) for 8 years, though, so the patch
needs beating up - that case had never been tested.  If it is correct, it's
-stable fodder.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 net/rxrpc/ar-recvmsg.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/net/rxrpc/ar-recvmsg.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/ar-recvmsg.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ int rxrpc_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, st
 		if (!skb) {
 			/* nothing remains on the queue */
 			if (copied &&
-			    (msg->msg_flags & MSG_PEEK || timeo == 0))
+			    (flags & MSG_PEEK || timeo == 0))
 				goto out;
 
 			/* wait for a message to turn up */

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