netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: do not write to msg_get

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Message-ID: <80e2a631-5073-4864-b485-fbe426b91edb@kernel.dk>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2026 10:42:05 -0700
From: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
 Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
 pabeni@...hat.com, horms@...nel.org, kuniyu@...gle.com,
 Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: do not write to msg_get_inq in caller

On 1/5/26 10:21 AM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Also, unix_stream_read_generic() is currently potentially adding a
> NULL deref if u->recvmsg_inq is non zero, but msg is NULL ?
> 
> If this is the case  we need a Fixes: tag.

Good catch - might make sense to queue this patch for 6.19, then?

-- 
Jens Axboe