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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] linux 2.9.10-rc1: Fix oops in unix_dgram_sendmsg when using SELinux and SOCK_SEQPACKET
    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
    <jmorris@redhat.com>


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