[SRU quantal saucy lts-raring] [PATCH 0/1] LP#1269053 -- recv_msg send_msg EINVAL regression

[Andy Whitcroft]

On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 09:02:07PM +0000, Andy Whitcroft wrote:
> When the commit below was applied it caused a regression with msg IPC
> specifically with poorly written applications which supplied buffers larger
> than that permitted by the kernel.  While these are arguably faulty the
> regression can be avoided by clamping the buffer size to that the kernel
> will use.  The following patch is a simple cherry-pick of the upstream fix.
> 
> Proposing for quantal/master saucy/master and precise/lts-raring.

I should note that this has hit trusty via mainline and precise/master
via upstream stable.  This patch should probabally also be considered
for the various stables which feed our trees.

-apw