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SubjectRe: 2.2.x BUG & PATCH: recvmsg() does not check msg_controllen correctly
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"David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com> writes:

> From: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
> Date: 03 Nov 2000 19:53:04 -0800
>
> Yes I agree, mixing signed and unsigned arithmetic is evil... Doesn't
> gcc have a flag for unsafe signed/unsigned mixtures ?
>
> Would you consider this patch (or a variant) for inclusion ?
>
> I would accept a patch which made the code set fdmax <= 0 when
> (msg->msg_controllen < (sizeof(struct cmsghdr) + sizeof(int)))
> because it is the sole reason this bug exists at all.

How about this one ?

Phil.
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