net: add BUG_ON if kernel advertises msg_namelen > sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage)
authorHannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org>
Thu, 21 Nov 2013 02:14:34 +0000 (03:14 +0100)
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Fri, 3 Jan 2014 04:33:33 +0000 (04:33 +0000)
commita3fd2196b6b82d93dc2878c5291de8014ba61d13
treeb8ddea6b0ae675eea87d2105dbfe3fd93fdcd930
parenta598f7fa9c24c3ef458043d59c237b8fc5d1adad
net: add BUG_ON if kernel advertises msg_namelen > sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage)

[ Upstream commit 68c6beb373955da0886d8f4f5995b3922ceda4be ]

In that case it is probable that kernel code overwrote part of the
stack. So we should bail out loudly here.

The BUG_ON may be removed in future if we are sure all protocols are
conformant.

Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
net/socket.c