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Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: Save and restore msg_namelen in sock_sendmsg
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org
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Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2024 11:40:25 +0000
References: <20231221131230.2025000-1-marc.dionne@auristor.com>
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To: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@auristor.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, jrife@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
 pabeni@redhat.com, edumazet@google.com, davem@davemloft.net,
 willemb@google.com, horms@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>:

On Thu, 21 Dec 2023 09:12:30 -0400 you wrote:
> Commit 86a7e0b69bd5 ("net: prevent rewrite of msg_name in
> sock_sendmsg()") made sock_sendmsg save the incoming msg_name pointer
> and restore it before returning, to insulate the caller against
> msg_name being changed by the called code.  If the address length
> was also changed however, we may return with an inconsistent structure
> where the length doesn't match the address, and attempts to reuse it may
> lead to lost packets.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - net: Save and restore msg_namelen in sock_sendmsg
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/01b2885d9415

You are awesome, thank you!
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