Re: [PATCH] ipv4, ipv6: ensure raw socket message is big enough to hold an IP header

From	David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] ipv4, ipv6: ensure raw socket message is big enough to hold an IP header
Date	2017-05-04 17:10 +0200
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From: Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>
Date: Wed,  3 May 2017 17:06:58 +0200

> raw_send_hdrinc() and rawv6_send_hdrinc() expect that the buffer copied
> from the userspace contains the IPv4/IPv6 header, so if too few bytes are
> copied, parts of the header may remain uninitialized.
> 
> This bug has been detected with KMSAN.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.

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[PATCH] ipv4, ipv6: ensure raw socket message is big enough to hold an IP header Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com> - 2017-05-03 17:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] ipv4, ipv6: ensure raw socket message is big enough to  hold an IP header David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2017-05-04 17:10 +0200

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