Re: [PATCH] linux 2.9.10-rc1: Fix oops in unix_dgram_sendmsg when using SELinux and SOCK_SEQPACKET

[James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004, Ross Kendall Axe wrote:

> That seems eminently sensible. Again, I was just cut-n'-pasting from
> SOCK_STREAM. If these error codes are wrong, then SOCK_STREAM also needs
> fixing.

An issue here though is that what impact will this have on existing 
applications?

> > 
> > There is a non SELinux-related bug lurking in this code.
> 
> IMHO, there never was an SELinux bug here. SELinux merely exposed an 
> existing bug.

Looks like it, testing a fix now.

> I'm unable to reproduce that, or the bug you mention in your other 
> message. Care to send us your code?

See http://people.redhat.com/jmorris/net/seqpacket-killer-jm.tar.bz2 

> I think that af_unix.c needs a bit of cleaning up. All of the functions 
> are named as being stream vs dgram, even when the issue is connectionless 
> vs connection-oriented.

Agreed.


- James
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James Morris
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