[3.8.y.z extended stable] Patch "net: rework recvmsg handler msg_name and msg_namelen logic" has been added to staging queue

Kamal Mostafa kamal at canonical.com
Wed Dec 11 20:09:31 UTC 2013


This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled

    net: rework recvmsg handler msg_name and msg_namelen logic

to the linux-3.8.y-queue branch of the 3.8.y.z extended stable tree 
which can be found at:

 http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.8.y-queue

This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.8.13.15.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please 
reply to this email.

For more information about the 3.8.y.z tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable

Thanks.
-Kamal

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>From 0561d38b79721eaf787088dccb8a5625dfdbe09f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes at stressinduktion.org>
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 03:14:22 +0100
Subject: net: rework recvmsg handler msg_name and msg_namelen logic

[ Upstream commit f3d3342602f8bcbf37d7c46641cb9bca7618eb1c ]

This patch now always passes msg->msg_namelen as 0. recvmsg handlers must
set msg_namelen to the proper size <= sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage)
to return msg_name to the user.

This prevents numerous uninitialized memory leaks we had in the
recvmsg handlers and makes it harder for new code to accidentally leak
uninitialized memory.

Optimize for the case recvfrom is called with NULL as address. We don't
need to copy the address at all, so set it to NULL before invoking the
recvmsg handler. We can do so, because all the recvmsg handlers must
cope with the case a plain read() is called on them. read() also sets
msg_name to NULL.

Also document these changes in include/linux/net.h as suggested by David
Miller.

Changes since RFC:

Set msg->msg_name = NULL if user specified a NULL in msg_name but had a
non-null msg_namelen in verify_iovec/verify_compat_iovec. This doesn't
affect sendto as it would bail out earlier while trying to copy-in the
address. It also more naturally reflects the logic by the callers of
verify_iovec.

With this change in place I could remove "
if (!uaddr || msg_sys->msg_namelen == 0)
	msg->msg_name = NULL
".

This change does not alter the user visible error logic as we ignore
msg_namelen as long as msg_name is NULL.

Also remove two unnecessary curly brackets in ___sys_recvmsg and change
comments to netdev style.

Cc: David Miller <davem at davemloft.net>
Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes at stressinduktion.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem at davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
 crypto/algif_hash.c          |  2 --
 crypto/algif_skcipher.c      |  1 -
 drivers/isdn/mISDN/socket.c  | 13 ++++---------
 drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c      |  2 --
 include/linux/net.h          |  8 ++++++++
 net/appletalk/ddp.c          | 16 +++++++---------
 net/atm/common.c             |  2 --
 net/ax25/af_ax25.c           |  4 ++--
 net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c |  4 ----
 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c     |  2 --
 net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c  |  1 -
 net/bluetooth/sco.c          |  1 -
 net/caif/caif_socket.c       |  4 ----
 net/compat.c                 |  3 ++-
 net/core/iovec.c             |  3 ++-
 net/ipx/af_ipx.c             |  3 +--
 net/irda/af_irda.c           |  4 ----
 net/iucv/af_iucv.c           |  2 --
 net/key/af_key.c             |  1 -
 net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c          |  2 --
 net/llc/af_llc.c             |  2 --
 net/netlink/af_netlink.c     |  2 --
 net/netrom/af_netrom.c       |  3 +--
 net/nfc/llcp/sock.c          |  2 --
 net/nfc/rawsock.c            |  2 --
 net/packet/af_packet.c       | 32 +++++++++++++++-----------------
 net/rds/recv.c               |  2 --
 net/rose/af_rose.c           |  8 +++++---
 net/rxrpc/ar-recvmsg.c       |  9 ++++++---
 net/socket.c                 | 19 +++++++++++--------
 net/tipc/socket.c            |  6 ------
 net/unix/af_unix.c           |  5 -----
 net/x25/af_x25.c             |  3 +--
 33 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 108 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crypto/algif_hash.c b/crypto/algif_hash.c
index 0262210..ef5356c 100644
--- a/crypto/algif_hash.c
+++ b/crypto/algif_hash.c
@@ -161,8 +161,6 @@ static int hash_recvmsg(struct kiocb *unused, struct socket *sock,
 	else if (len < ds)
 		msg->msg_flags |= MSG_TRUNC;

-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	lock_sock(sk);
 	if (ctx->more) {
 		ctx->more = 0;
diff --git a/crypto/algif_skcipher.c b/crypto/algif_skcipher.c
index a1c4f0a..6a6dfc0 100644
--- a/crypto/algif_skcipher.c
+++ b/crypto/algif_skcipher.c
@@ -432,7 +432,6 @@ static int skcipher_recvmsg(struct kiocb *unused, struct socket *sock,
 	long copied = 0;

 	lock_sock(sk);
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
 	for (iov = msg->msg_iov, iovlen = msg->msg_iovlen; iovlen > 0;
 	     iovlen--, iov++) {
 		unsigned long seglen = iov->iov_len;
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/mISDN/socket.c b/drivers/isdn/mISDN/socket.c
index abe2d69..ade1bcf 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/mISDN/socket.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/mISDN/socket.c
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ mISDN_sock_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 {
 	struct sk_buff		*skb;
 	struct sock		*sk = sock->sk;
-	struct sockaddr_mISDN	*maddr;

 	int		copied, err;

@@ -135,9 +134,9 @@ mISDN_sock_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (!skb)
 		return err;

-	if (msg->msg_namelen >= sizeof(struct sockaddr_mISDN)) {
-		msg->msg_namelen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_mISDN);
-		maddr = (struct sockaddr_mISDN *)msg->msg_name;
+	if (msg->msg_name) {
+		struct sockaddr_mISDN *maddr = msg->msg_name;
+
 		maddr->family = AF_ISDN;
 		maddr->dev = _pms(sk)->dev->id;
 		if ((sk->sk_protocol == ISDN_P_LAPD_TE) ||
@@ -150,11 +149,7 @@ mISDN_sock_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 			maddr->sapi = _pms(sk)->ch.addr & 0xFF;
 			maddr->tei =  (_pms(sk)->ch.addr >> 8) & 0xFF;
 		}
-	} else {
-		if (msg->msg_namelen)
-			printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: too small namelen %d\n",
-			       __func__, msg->msg_namelen);
-		msg->msg_namelen = 0;
+		msg->msg_namelen = sizeof(*maddr);
 	}

 	copied = skb->len + MISDN_HEADER_LEN;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c b/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
index 20f31d0..56b52af 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
@@ -979,8 +979,6 @@ static int pppoe_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (error < 0)
 		goto end;

-	m->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	if (skb) {
 		total_len = min_t(size_t, total_len, skb->len);
 		error = skb_copy_datagram_iovec(skb, 0, m->msg_iov, total_len);
diff --git a/include/linux/net.h b/include/linux/net.h
index aa16731..5ea38d9 100644
--- a/include/linux/net.h
+++ b/include/linux/net.h
@@ -163,6 +163,14 @@ struct proto_ops {
 #endif
 	int		(*sendmsg)   (struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 				      struct msghdr *m, size_t total_len);
+	/* Notes for implementing recvmsg:
+	 * ===============================
+	 * msg->msg_namelen should get updated by the recvmsg handlers
+	 * iff msg_name != NULL. It is by default 0 to prevent
+	 * returning uninitialized memory to user space.  The recvfrom
+	 * handlers can assume that msg.msg_name is either NULL or has
+	 * a minimum size of sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage).
+	 */
 	int		(*recvmsg)   (struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 				      struct msghdr *m, size_t total_len,
 				      int flags);
diff --git a/net/appletalk/ddp.c b/net/appletalk/ddp.c
index 3347529..ea1700a 100644
--- a/net/appletalk/ddp.c
+++ b/net/appletalk/ddp.c
@@ -1738,7 +1738,6 @@ static int atalk_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock, struct msghdr
 			 size_t size, int flags)
 {
 	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
-	struct sockaddr_at *sat = (struct sockaddr_at *)msg->msg_name;
 	struct ddpehdr *ddp;
 	int copied = 0;
 	int offset = 0;
@@ -1767,14 +1766,13 @@ static int atalk_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock, struct msghdr
 	}
 	err = skb_copy_datagram_iovec(skb, offset, msg->msg_iov, copied);

-	if (!err) {
-		if (sat) {
-			sat->sat_family      = AF_APPLETALK;
-			sat->sat_port        = ddp->deh_sport;
-			sat->sat_addr.s_node = ddp->deh_snode;
-			sat->sat_addr.s_net  = ddp->deh_snet;
-		}
-		msg->msg_namelen = sizeof(*sat);
+	if (!err && msg->msg_name) {
+		struct sockaddr_at *sat = msg->msg_name;
+		sat->sat_family      = AF_APPLETALK;
+		sat->sat_port        = ddp->deh_sport;
+		sat->sat_addr.s_node = ddp->deh_snode;
+		sat->sat_addr.s_net  = ddp->deh_snet;
+		msg->msg_namelen     = sizeof(*sat);
 	}

 	skb_free_datagram(sk, skb);	/* Free the datagram. */
diff --git a/net/atm/common.c b/net/atm/common.c
index cf4b7e6..806fc0a 100644
--- a/net/atm/common.c
+++ b/net/atm/common.c
@@ -532,8 +532,6 @@ int vcc_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	int copied, error = -EINVAL;

-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	if (sock->state != SS_CONNECTED)
 		return -ENOTCONN;

diff --git a/net/ax25/af_ax25.c b/net/ax25/af_ax25.c
index d53a123..eb37327 100644
--- a/net/ax25/af_ax25.c
+++ b/net/ax25/af_ax25.c
@@ -1641,11 +1641,11 @@ static int ax25_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,

 	skb_copy_datagram_iovec(skb, 0, msg->msg_iov, copied);

-	if (msg->msg_namelen != 0) {
-		struct sockaddr_ax25 *sax = (struct sockaddr_ax25 *)msg->msg_name;
+	if (msg->msg_name) {
 		ax25_digi digi;
 		ax25_address src;
 		const unsigned char *mac = skb_mac_header(skb);
+		struct sockaddr_ax25 *sax = msg->msg_name;

 		memset(sax, 0, sizeof(struct full_sockaddr_ax25));
 		ax25_addr_parse(mac + 1, skb->data - mac - 1, &src, NULL,
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c b/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c
index b04795e..4de2557 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c
@@ -230,8 +230,6 @@ int bt_sock_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (flags & (MSG_OOB))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;

-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	skb = skb_recv_datagram(sk, flags, noblock, &err);
 	if (!skb) {
 		if (sk->sk_shutdown & RCV_SHUTDOWN)
@@ -296,8 +294,6 @@ int bt_sock_stream_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (flags & MSG_OOB)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;

-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	BT_DBG("sk %p size %zu", sk, size);

 	lock_sock(sk);
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
index 07f0739..616dd83 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
@@ -757,8 +757,6 @@ static int hci_sock_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (!skb)
 		return err;

-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	copied = skb->len;
 	if (len < copied) {
 		msg->msg_flags |= MSG_TRUNC;
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c b/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c
index 970fc13..ce3f665 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c
@@ -610,7 +610,6 @@ static int rfcomm_sock_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,

 	if (test_and_clear_bit(RFCOMM_DEFER_SETUP, &d->flags)) {
 		rfcomm_dlc_accept(d);
-		msg->msg_namelen = 0;
 		return 0;
 	}

diff --git a/net/bluetooth/sco.c b/net/bluetooth/sco.c
index cc16d1bc..aaf1957 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/sco.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/sco.c
@@ -667,7 +667,6 @@ static int sco_sock_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	    test_bit(BT_SK_DEFER_SETUP, &bt_sk(sk)->flags)) {
 		hci_conn_accept(pi->conn->hcon, 0);
 		sk->sk_state = BT_CONFIG;
-		msg->msg_namelen = 0;

 		release_sock(sk);
 		return 0;
diff --git a/net/caif/caif_socket.c b/net/caif/caif_socket.c
index ff2ff3c..59d73aa 100644
--- a/net/caif/caif_socket.c
+++ b/net/caif/caif_socket.c
@@ -286,8 +286,6 @@ static int caif_seqpkt_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (m->msg_flags&MSG_OOB)
 		goto read_error;

-	m->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	skb = skb_recv_datagram(sk, flags, 0 , &ret);
 	if (!skb)
 		goto read_error;
@@ -361,8 +359,6 @@ static int caif_stream_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (flags&MSG_OOB)
 		goto out;

-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	/*
 	 * Lock the socket to prevent queue disordering
 	 * while sleeps in memcpy_tomsg
diff --git a/net/compat.c b/net/compat.c
index 8903258..618c6a8 100644
--- a/net/compat.c
+++ b/net/compat.c
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ int verify_compat_iovec(struct msghdr *kern_msg, struct iovec *kern_iov,
 			if (err < 0)
 				return err;
 		}
-		kern_msg->msg_name = kern_address;
+		if (kern_msg->msg_name)
+			kern_msg->msg_name = kern_address;
 	} else
 		kern_msg->msg_name = NULL;

diff --git a/net/core/iovec.c b/net/core/iovec.c
index 7e7aeb0..7fd34a5 100644
--- a/net/core/iovec.c
+++ b/net/core/iovec.c
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ int verify_iovec(struct msghdr *m, struct iovec *iov, struct sockaddr_storage *a
 			if (err < 0)
 				return err;
 		}
-		m->msg_name = address;
+		if (m->msg_name)
+			m->msg_name = address;
 	} else {
 		m->msg_name = NULL;
 	}
diff --git a/net/ipx/af_ipx.c b/net/ipx/af_ipx.c
index dfd6faa..624520d 100644
--- a/net/ipx/af_ipx.c
+++ b/net/ipx/af_ipx.c
@@ -1827,8 +1827,6 @@ static int ipx_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (skb->tstamp.tv64)
 		sk->sk_stamp = skb->tstamp;

-	msg->msg_namelen = sizeof(*sipx);
-
 	if (sipx) {
 		sipx->sipx_family	= AF_IPX;
 		sipx->sipx_port		= ipx->ipx_source.sock;
@@ -1836,6 +1834,7 @@ static int ipx_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 		sipx->sipx_network	= IPX_SKB_CB(skb)->ipx_source_net;
 		sipx->sipx_type 	= ipx->ipx_type;
 		sipx->sipx_zero		= 0;
+		msg->msg_namelen	= sizeof(*sipx);
 	}
 	rc = copied;

diff --git a/net/irda/af_irda.c b/net/irda/af_irda.c
index 3c9bd59..58eb843 100644
--- a/net/irda/af_irda.c
+++ b/net/irda/af_irda.c
@@ -1386,8 +1386,6 @@ static int irda_recvmsg_dgram(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,

 	IRDA_DEBUG(4, "%s()\n", __func__);

-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	skb = skb_recv_datagram(sk, flags & ~MSG_DONTWAIT,
 				flags & MSG_DONTWAIT, &err);
 	if (!skb)
@@ -1452,8 +1450,6 @@ static int irda_recvmsg_stream(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	target = sock_rcvlowat(sk, flags & MSG_WAITALL, size);
 	timeo = sock_rcvtimeo(sk, noblock);

-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	do {
 		int chunk;
 		struct sk_buff *skb = skb_dequeue(&sk->sk_receive_queue);
diff --git a/net/iucv/af_iucv.c b/net/iucv/af_iucv.c
index 625bc50..cd6f7a9 100644
--- a/net/iucv/af_iucv.c
+++ b/net/iucv/af_iucv.c
@@ -1331,8 +1331,6 @@ static int iucv_sock_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	struct sk_buff *skb, *rskb, *cskb;
 	int err = 0;

-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	if ((sk->sk_state == IUCV_DISCONN) &&
 	    skb_queue_empty(&iucv->backlog_skb_q) &&
 	    skb_queue_empty(&sk->sk_receive_queue) &&
diff --git a/net/key/af_key.c b/net/key/af_key.c
index 2c698fc..2f5ac7e 100644
--- a/net/key/af_key.c
+++ b/net/key/af_key.c
@@ -3598,7 +3598,6 @@ static int pfkey_recvmsg(struct kiocb *kiocb,
 	if (flags & ~(MSG_PEEK|MSG_DONTWAIT|MSG_TRUNC|MSG_CMSG_COMPAT))
 		goto out;

-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
 	skb = skb_recv_datagram(sk, flags, flags & MSG_DONTWAIT, &err);
 	if (skb == NULL)
 		goto out;
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
index 6920a6f..ddf43a3 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
@@ -196,8 +196,6 @@ static int pppol2tp_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (sk->sk_state & PPPOX_BOUND)
 		goto end;

-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	err = 0;
 	skb = skb_recv_datagram(sk, flags & ~MSG_DONTWAIT,
 				flags & MSG_DONTWAIT, &err);
diff --git a/net/llc/af_llc.c b/net/llc/af_llc.c
index 48aaa89..8870988 100644
--- a/net/llc/af_llc.c
+++ b/net/llc/af_llc.c
@@ -720,8 +720,6 @@ static int llc_ui_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	int target;	/* Read at least this many bytes */
 	long timeo;

-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	lock_sock(sk);
 	copied = -ENOTCONN;
 	if (unlikely(sk->sk_type == SOCK_STREAM && sk->sk_state == TCP_LISTEN))
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index c0353d5..015dec0 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1483,8 +1483,6 @@ static int netlink_recvmsg(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct socket *sock,
 	}
 #endif

-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	copied = data_skb->len;
 	if (len < copied) {
 		msg->msg_flags |= MSG_TRUNC;
diff --git a/net/netrom/af_netrom.c b/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
index f334fbd..ee2a818 100644
--- a/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
+++ b/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
@@ -1181,10 +1181,9 @@ static int nr_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 		sax->sax25_family = AF_NETROM;
 		skb_copy_from_linear_data_offset(skb, 7, sax->sax25_call.ax25_call,
 			      AX25_ADDR_LEN);
+		msg->msg_namelen = sizeof(*sax);
 	}

-	msg->msg_namelen = sizeof(*sax);
-
 	skb_free_datagram(sk, skb);

 	release_sock(sk);
diff --git a/net/nfc/llcp/sock.c b/net/nfc/llcp/sock.c
index 48fb1de..9d24fc1 100644
--- a/net/nfc/llcp/sock.c
+++ b/net/nfc/llcp/sock.c
@@ -644,8 +644,6 @@ static int llcp_sock_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,

 	pr_debug("%p %zu\n", sk, len);

-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	lock_sock(sk);

 	if (sk->sk_state == LLCP_CLOSED &&
diff --git a/net/nfc/rawsock.c b/net/nfc/rawsock.c
index 313bf1b..5d11f4a 100644
--- a/net/nfc/rawsock.c
+++ b/net/nfc/rawsock.c
@@ -241,8 +241,6 @@ static int rawsock_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (!skb)
 		return rc;

-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	copied = skb->len;
 	if (len < copied) {
 		msg->msg_flags |= MSG_TRUNC;
diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index dbddeb4..517d154 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -2612,7 +2612,6 @@ static int packet_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	int copied, err;
-	struct sockaddr_ll *sll;
 	int vnet_hdr_len = 0;

 	err = -EINVAL;
@@ -2695,22 +2694,10 @@ static int packet_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 			goto out_free;
 	}

-	/*
-	 *	If the address length field is there to be filled in, we fill
-	 *	it in now.
-	 */
-
-	sll = &PACKET_SKB_CB(skb)->sa.ll;
-	if (sock->type == SOCK_PACKET)
-		msg->msg_namelen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_pkt);
-	else
-		msg->msg_namelen = sll->sll_halen + offsetof(struct sockaddr_ll, sll_addr);
-
-	/*
-	 *	You lose any data beyond the buffer you gave. If it worries a
-	 *	user program they can ask the device for its MTU anyway.
+	/* You lose any data beyond the buffer you gave. If it worries
+	 * a user program they can ask the device for its MTU
+	 * anyway.
 	 */
-
 	copied = skb->len;
 	if (copied > len) {
 		copied = len;
@@ -2723,9 +2710,20 @@ static int packet_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,

 	sock_recv_ts_and_drops(msg, sk, skb);

-	if (msg->msg_name)
+	if (msg->msg_name) {
+		/* If the address length field is there to be filled
+		 * in, we fill it in now.
+		 */
+		if (sock->type == SOCK_PACKET) {
+			msg->msg_namelen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_pkt);
+		} else {
+			struct sockaddr_ll *sll = &PACKET_SKB_CB(skb)->sa.ll;
+			msg->msg_namelen = sll->sll_halen +
+				offsetof(struct sockaddr_ll, sll_addr);
+		}
 		memcpy(msg->msg_name, &PACKET_SKB_CB(skb)->sa,
 		       msg->msg_namelen);
+	}

 	if (pkt_sk(sk)->auxdata) {
 		struct tpacket_auxdata aux;
diff --git a/net/rds/recv.c b/net/rds/recv.c
index 9f0f17c..de339b2 100644
--- a/net/rds/recv.c
+++ b/net/rds/recv.c
@@ -410,8 +410,6 @@ int rds_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,

 	rdsdebug("size %zu flags 0x%x timeo %ld\n", size, msg_flags, timeo);

-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	if (msg_flags & MSG_OOB)
 		goto out;

diff --git a/net/rose/af_rose.c b/net/rose/af_rose.c
index 7f645d1..ce5f5b9 100644
--- a/net/rose/af_rose.c
+++ b/net/rose/af_rose.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,6 @@ static int rose_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 {
 	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
 	struct rose_sock *rose = rose_sk(sk);
-	struct sockaddr_rose *srose = (struct sockaddr_rose *)msg->msg_name;
 	size_t copied;
 	unsigned char *asmptr;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
@@ -1256,8 +1255,11 @@ static int rose_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,

 	skb_copy_datagram_iovec(skb, 0, msg->msg_iov, copied);

-	if (srose != NULL) {
-		memset(srose, 0, msg->msg_namelen);
+	if (msg->msg_name) {
+		struct sockaddr_rose *srose;
+
+		memset(msg->msg_name, 0, sizeof(struct full_sockaddr_rose));
+		srose = msg->msg_name;
 		srose->srose_family = AF_ROSE;
 		srose->srose_addr   = rose->dest_addr;
 		srose->srose_call   = rose->dest_call;
diff --git a/net/rxrpc/ar-recvmsg.c b/net/rxrpc/ar-recvmsg.c
index 4b48687..898492a 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/ar-recvmsg.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/ar-recvmsg.c
@@ -143,10 +143,13 @@ int rxrpc_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,

 		/* copy the peer address and timestamp */
 		if (!continue_call) {
-			if (msg->msg_name && msg->msg_namelen > 0)
+			if (msg->msg_name) {
+				size_t len =
+					sizeof(call->conn->trans->peer->srx);
 				memcpy(msg->msg_name,
-				       &call->conn->trans->peer->srx,
-				       sizeof(call->conn->trans->peer->srx));
+				       &call->conn->trans->peer->srx, len);
+				msg->msg_namelen = len;
+			}
 			sock_recv_ts_and_drops(msg, &rx->sk, skb);
 		}

diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 809e941..5b1b9bd 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -1856,8 +1856,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(recvfrom, int, fd, void __user *, ubuf, size_t, size,
 	msg.msg_iov = &iov;
 	iov.iov_len = size;
 	iov.iov_base = ubuf;
-	msg.msg_name = (struct sockaddr *)&address;
-	msg.msg_namelen = sizeof(address);
+	/* Save some cycles and don't copy the address if not needed */
+	msg.msg_name = addr ? (struct sockaddr *)&address : NULL;
+	/* We assume all kernel code knows the size of sockaddr_storage */
+	msg.msg_namelen = 0;
 	if (sock->file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)
 		flags |= MSG_DONTWAIT;
 	err = sock_recvmsg(sock, &msg, size, flags);
@@ -2237,16 +2239,14 @@ static int ___sys_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr __user *msg,
 			goto out;
 	}

-	/*
-	 *      Save the user-mode address (verify_iovec will change the
-	 *      kernel msghdr to use the kernel address space)
+	/* Save the user-mode address (verify_iovec will change the
+	 * kernel msghdr to use the kernel address space)
 	 */
-
 	uaddr = (__force void __user *)msg_sys->msg_name;
 	uaddr_len = COMPAT_NAMELEN(msg);
-	if (MSG_CMSG_COMPAT & flags) {
+	if (MSG_CMSG_COMPAT & flags)
 		err = verify_compat_iovec(msg_sys, iov, &addr, VERIFY_WRITE);
-	} else
+	else
 		err = verify_iovec(msg_sys, iov, &addr, VERIFY_WRITE);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto out_freeiov;
@@ -2255,6 +2255,9 @@ static int ___sys_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr __user *msg,
 	cmsg_ptr = (unsigned long)msg_sys->msg_control;
 	msg_sys->msg_flags = flags & (MSG_CMSG_CLOEXEC|MSG_CMSG_COMPAT);

+	/* We assume all kernel code knows the size of sockaddr_storage */
+	msg_sys->msg_namelen = 0;
+
 	if (sock->file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)
 		flags |= MSG_DONTWAIT;
 	err = (nosec ? sock_recvmsg_nosec : sock_recvmsg)(sock, msg_sys,
diff --git a/net/tipc/socket.c b/net/tipc/socket.c
index f6a8b59..64ade97 100644
--- a/net/tipc/socket.c
+++ b/net/tipc/socket.c
@@ -921,9 +921,6 @@ static int recv_msg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 		goto exit;
 	}

-	/* will be updated in set_orig_addr() if needed */
-	m->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	timeout = sock_rcvtimeo(sk, flags & MSG_DONTWAIT);
 restart:

@@ -1033,9 +1030,6 @@ static int recv_stream(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 		goto exit;
 	}

-	/* will be updated in set_orig_addr() if needed */
-	m->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	target = sock_rcvlowat(sk, flags & MSG_WAITALL, buf_len);
 	timeout = sock_rcvtimeo(sk, flags & MSG_DONTWAIT);

diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index 4f40959..6cc5803 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -1764,7 +1764,6 @@ static void unix_copy_addr(struct msghdr *msg, struct sock *sk)
 {
 	struct unix_sock *u = unix_sk(sk);

-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
 	if (u->addr) {
 		msg->msg_namelen = u->addr->len;
 		memcpy(msg->msg_name, u->addr->name, u->addr->len);
@@ -1788,8 +1787,6 @@ static int unix_dgram_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (flags&MSG_OOB)
 		goto out;

-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&u->readlock);
 	if (err) {
 		err = sock_intr_errno(sock_rcvtimeo(sk, noblock));
@@ -1931,8 +1928,6 @@ static int unix_stream_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	target = sock_rcvlowat(sk, flags&MSG_WAITALL, size);
 	timeo = sock_rcvtimeo(sk, flags&MSG_DONTWAIT);

-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	/* Lock the socket to prevent queue disordering
 	 * while sleeps in memcpy_tomsg
 	 */
diff --git a/net/x25/af_x25.c b/net/x25/af_x25.c
index b943e3e..92aed9e 100644
--- a/net/x25/af_x25.c
+++ b/net/x25/af_x25.c
@@ -1343,10 +1343,9 @@ static int x25_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (sx25) {
 		sx25->sx25_family = AF_X25;
 		sx25->sx25_addr   = x25->dest_addr;
+		msg->msg_namelen = sizeof(*sx25);
 	}

-	msg->msg_namelen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_x25);
-
 	x25_check_rbuf(sk);
 	rc = copied;
 out_free_dgram:
--
1.8.3.2





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