af_unix: Don't use continue to re-execute unix_stream_read_generic loop
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PATCH 1/1 af_unix: Don't use continue to re-execute unix_stream_read_generic loop
The unix_stream_read_generic function tries to use a continue statement to restart the receive loop after waiting for a message. This may not work as intended as the caller might use a recvmsg call to peek at control messages without specifying a message buffer. If this was the case, the continue will cause the function to return without an error and without the credential information if the function had to wait for a message while it had returned with the credentials otherwise. Change to using goto to restart the loop without checking the condition first in this case so that credentials are returned either way.
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I'm resending this as the original patch seems to have been classified as superseded without anything actually superseding it. I hope the net is appropriate. I consider this a bugfix.
net/unix/af_unix.c +2 -1
@@ -2312,6 +2312,7 @@ static int unix_stream_read_generic(struct unix_stream_read_state *state)bool drop_skb;struct sk_buff *skb, *last; +redo:unix_state_lock (sk);if (sock_flag (sk,SOCK_DEAD )) { err = -ECONNRESET ;
@@ -2353,7 +2354,7 @@ again: }mutex_lock (&u->readlock); -continue ; + goto redo; unlock:unix_state_unlock (sk);break ;
From: Rainer Weikusat <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 12:39:46 +0000
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The
unix_stream_read_genericfunction tries to use a continue statement to restart the receive loop after waiting for a message. This may not work as intended as the caller might use a recvmsg call to peek at control messages without specifying a message buffer. If this was the case, the continue will cause the function to return without an error and without the credential information if the function had to wait for a message while it had returned with the credentials otherwise. Change to using goto to restart the loop without checking the condition first in this case so that credentials are returned either way.
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Signed-off-by Rainer Weikusat <[email protected]>
Applied, thanks.