netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: add build-time checks for msg->msg

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Message-Id: <20140118.230446.447824561941914382.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sat, 18 Jan 2014 23:04:46 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	steffen@...rle.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, hannes@...essinduktion.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: add build-time checks for msg->msg_name
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From: Steffen Hurrle <steffen@...rle.net>
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 22:53:15 +0100

> This is a follow-up patch to f3d3342602f8bc ("net: rework recvmsg
> handler msg_name and msg_namelen logic").
> 
> DECLARE_SOCKADDR validates that the structure we use for writing the
> name information to is not larger than the buffer which is reserved
> for msg->msg_name (which is 128 bytes). Also use DECLARE_SOCKADDR
> consistently in sendmsg code paths.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Steffen Hurrle <steffen@...rle.net>
> Suggested-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>

Looks great, applied, thanks!
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