Re: [PATCH] Fix kfree bug in sendmsg and recvmsg

From	David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] Fix kfree bug in sendmsg and recvmsg
Date	2016-02-17 19:30 +0100
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From: Joe Korty <joe.korty@ccur.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 11:38:05 -0500

> Fix kfree bug in recvmsg and sendmsg.
> 
> We cannot kfree(iov) when iov points to an array on the
> stack, as that has the potential of corrupting memory.
> 
> So re-introduce the if-stmt that used to protect kfree
> from this condition, code that was removed as part of
> a larger set of changes made by git commit da184284.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Korty <joe.korty@ccur.com>

Please submit networking patches to netdev@vger.kernel.org, thank you.

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[PATCH] Fix kfree bug in sendmsg and recvmsg Joe Korty <joe.korty@ccur.com> - 2016-02-17 17:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] Fix kfree bug in sendmsg and recvmsg Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> - 2016-02-17 17:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] Fix kfree bug in sendmsg and recvmsg Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> - 2016-02-17 18:00 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] Fix kfree bug in sendmsg and recvmsg David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-02-17 19:30 +0100

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