[PATCH 3.16.y-ckt 160/165] rxrpc: bogus MSG_PEEK test in rxrpc_recvmsg()

Luis Henriques luis.henriques at canonical.com
Wed Mar 25 14:02:13 UTC 2015


3.16.7-ckt9 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Al Viro <viro at ZenIV.linux.org.uk>

commit 7d985ed1dca5c90535d67ce92ef6ca520302340a upstream.

[I would really like an ACK on that one from dhowells; it appears to be
quite straightforward, but...]

MSG_PEEK isn't passed to ->recvmsg() via msg->msg_flags; as the matter of
fact, neither the kernel users of rxrpc, nor the syscalls ever set that bit
in there.  It gets passed via flags; in fact, another such check in the same
function is done correctly - as flags & MSG_PEEK.

It had been that way (effectively disabled) for 8 years, though, so the patch
needs beating up - that case had never been tested.  If it is correct, it's
-stable fodder.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro at zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem at davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques at canonical.com>
---
 net/rxrpc/ar-recvmsg.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/rxrpc/ar-recvmsg.c b/net/rxrpc/ar-recvmsg.c
index e9aaa65c0778..0df95463c650 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/ar-recvmsg.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/ar-recvmsg.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ int rxrpc_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 		if (!skb) {
 			/* nothing remains on the queue */
 			if (copied &&
-			    (msg->msg_flags & MSG_PEEK || timeo == 0))
+			    (flags & MSG_PEEK || timeo == 0))
 				goto out;
 
 			/* wait for a message to turn up */




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