CVE-2013-7270 (published 2014-01-06T16:55Z)

The packet_recvmsg function in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates a certain length value before ensuring that an associated data structure has been initialized, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg system call.

Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS v2 base score: 4.9 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)

Weakness information:
cwe_id: CWE-20
cwe_name: Improper Input Validation
description: The product receives input or data, but it does
        not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the
        properties that are required to process the data safely and
        correctly.
extended_description: 
	   Input validation is a frequently-used technique
	   for checking potentially dangerous inputs in order to
	   ensure that the inputs are safe for processing within the
	   code, or when communicating with other components.  When
	   software does not validate input properly, an attacker is
	   able to craft the input in a form that is not expected by
	   the rest of the application. This will lead to parts of the
	   system receiving unintended input, which may result in
	   altered control flow, arbitrary control of a resource, or
	   arbitrary code execution.
	   Input validation is not the only technique for
	   processing input, however.  Other techniques attempt to
	   transform potentially-dangerous input into something safe, such
	   as filtering (CWE-790) - which attempts to remove dangerous
	   inputs - or encoding/escaping (CWE-116), which attempts to
	   ensure that the input is not misinterpreted when it is included
	   in output to another component. Other techniques exist as well
	   (see CWE-138 for more examples.)
	   Input validation can be applied to:
	   
	     raw data - strings, numbers, parameters, file contents, etc.
	     metadata - information about the raw data, such as headers or size
	   
	   Data can be simple or structured.  Structured data
	   can be composed of many nested layers, composed of
	   combinations of metadata and raw data, with other simple or
	   structured data.
	   Many properties of raw data or metadata may need
	   to be validated upon entry into the code, such
	   as:
	   
	     specified quantities such as size, length, frequency, price, rate, number of operations, time, etc.
	     implied or derived quantities, such as the actual size of a file instead of a specified size
	     indexes, offsets, or positions into more complex data structures
	     symbolic keys or other elements into hash tables, associative arrays, etc.
	     well-formedness, i.e. syntactic correctness - compliance with expected syntax 
	     lexical token correctness - compliance with rules for what is treated as a token
	     specified or derived type - the actual type of the input (or what the input appears to be)
	     consistency - between individual data elements, between raw data and metadata, between references, etc.
	     conformance to domain-specific rules, e.g. business logic 
	     equivalence - ensuring that equivalent inputs are treated the same
	     authenticity, ownership, or other attestations about the input, e.g. a cryptographic signature to prove the source of the data
	   
	   Implied or derived properties of data must often
	   be calculated or inferred by the code itself.  Errors in
	   deriving properties may be considered a contributing factor
	   to improper input validation.
	   
	   Note that "input validation" has very different
	   meanings to different people, or within different
	   classification schemes.  Caution must be used when
	   referencing this CWE entry or mapping to it.  For example,
	   some weaknesses might involve inadvertently giving control
	   to an attacker over an input when they should not be able
	   to provide an input at all, but sometimes this is referred
	   to as input validation.
	   Finally, it is important to emphasize that the
	   distinctions between input validation and output escaping
	   are often blurred, and developers must be careful to
	   understand the difference, including how input validation
	   is not always sufficient to prevent vulnerabilities,
	   especially when less stringent data types must be
	   supported, such as free-form text. Consider a SQL injection
	   scenario in which a person's last name is inserted into a
	   query. The name "O'Reilly" would likely pass the validation
	   step since it is a common last name in the English
	   language. However, this valid name cannot be directly
	   inserted into the database because it contains the "'"
	   apostrophe character, which would need to be escaped or
	   otherwise transformed. In this case, removing the
	   apostrophe might reduce the risk of SQL injection, but it
	   would produce incorrect behavior because the wrong name
	   would be recorded.
       
         

Fix information:
repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
commit_details: repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
author: Hannes Frederic Sowa
author_date: 2013-11-21 03:14:22+01:00
msg: net: rework recvmsg handler msg_name and msg_namelen logic

This patch now always passes msg->msg_namelen as 0. recvmsg handlers must
set msg_namelen to the proper size <= sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage)
to return msg_name to the user.

This prevents numerous uninitialized memory leaks we had in the
recvmsg handlers and makes it harder for new code to accidentally leak
uninitialized memory.

Optimize for the case recvfrom is called with NULL as address. We don't
need to copy the address at all, so set it to NULL before invoking the
recvmsg handler. We can do so, because all the recvmsg handlers must
cope with the case a plain read() is called on them. read() also sets
msg_name to NULL.

Also document these changes in include/linux/net.h as suggested by David
Miller.

Changes since RFC:

Set msg->msg_name = NULL if user specified a NULL in msg_name but had a
non-null msg_namelen in verify_iovec/verify_compat_iovec. This doesn't
affect sendto as it would bail out earlier while trying to copy-in the
address. It also more naturally reflects the logic by the callers of
verify_iovec.

With this change in place I could remove "
if (!uaddr || msg_sys->msg_namelen == 0)
	msg->msg_name = NULL
".

This change does not alter the user visible error logic as we ignore
msg_namelen as long as msg_name is NULL.

Also remove two unnecessary curly brackets in ___sys_recvmsg and change
comments to netdev style.

Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
repository: repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
repo_name: torvalds/linux
description: Linux kernel source tree
repo_language: C
owner: torvalds
file_changes: filename: algif_hash.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -161,8 +161,6 @@ static int hash_recvmsg(struct kiocb *unused, struct socket *sock,
 	else if (len < ds)
 		msg->msg_flags |= MSG_TRUNC;
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	lock_sock(sk);
 	if (ctx->more) {
 		ctx->more = 0;

programming_language: C
filename: algif_skcipher.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -432,7 +432,6 @@ static int skcipher_recvmsg(struct kiocb *unused, struct socket *sock,
 	long copied = 0;
 
 	lock_sock(sk);
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
 	for (iov = msg->msg_iov, iovlen = msg->msg_iovlen; iovlen > 0;
 	     iovlen--, iov++) {
 		unsigned long seglen = iov->iov_len;

programming_language: C
filename: socket.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ mISDN_sock_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 {
 	struct sk_buff		*skb;
 	struct sock		*sk = sock->sk;
-	struct sockaddr_mISDN	*maddr;
 
 	int		copied, err;
 
@@ -135,9 +134,9 @@ mISDN_sock_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (!skb)
 		return err;
 
-	if (msg->msg_namelen >= sizeof(struct sockaddr_mISDN)) {
-		msg->msg_namelen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_mISDN);
-		maddr = (struct sockaddr_mISDN *)msg->msg_name;
+	if (msg->msg_name) {
+		struct sockaddr_mISDN *maddr = msg->msg_name;
+
 		maddr->family = AF_ISDN;
 		maddr->dev = _pms(sk)->dev->id;
 		if ((sk->sk_protocol == ISDN_P_LAPD_TE) ||
@@ -150,11 +149,7 @@ mISDN_sock_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 			maddr->sapi = _pms(sk)->ch.addr & 0xFF;
 			maddr->tei =  (_pms(sk)->ch.addr >> 8) & 0xFF;
 		}
-	} else {
-		if (msg->msg_namelen)
-			printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: too small namelen %d\n",
-			       __func__, msg->msg_namelen);
-		msg->msg_namelen = 0;
+		msg->msg_namelen = sizeof(*maddr);
 	}
 
 	copied = skb->len + MISDN_HEADER_LEN;

programming_language: C
filename: pppoe.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -979,8 +979,6 @@ static int pppoe_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (error < 0)
 		goto end;
 
-	m->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	if (skb) {
 		total_len = min_t(size_t, total_len, skb->len);
 		error = skb_copy_datagram_iovec(skb, 0, m->msg_iov, total_len);

programming_language: C
filename: net.h
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -164,6 +164,14 @@ struct proto_ops {
 #endif
 	int		(*sendmsg)   (struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 				      struct msghdr *m, size_t total_len);
+	/* Notes for implementing recvmsg:
+	 * ===============================
+	 * msg->msg_namelen should get updated by the recvmsg handlers
+	 * iff msg_name != NULL. It is by default 0 to prevent
+	 * returning uninitialized memory to user space.  The recvfrom
+	 * handlers can assume that msg.msg_name is either NULL or has
+	 * a minimum size of sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage).
+	 */
 	int		(*recvmsg)   (struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 				      struct msghdr *m, size_t total_len,
 				      int flags);

programming_language: C
filename: ddp.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -1735,7 +1735,6 @@ static int atalk_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock, struct msghdr
 			 size_t size, int flags)
 {
 	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
-	struct sockaddr_at *sat = (struct sockaddr_at *)msg->msg_name;
 	struct ddpehdr *ddp;
 	int copied = 0;
 	int offset = 0;
@@ -1764,14 +1763,13 @@ static int atalk_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock, struct msghdr
 	}
 	err = skb_copy_datagram_iovec(skb, offset, msg->msg_iov, copied);
 
-	if (!err) {
-		if (sat) {
-			sat->sat_family      = AF_APPLETALK;
-			sat->sat_port        = ddp->deh_sport;
-			sat->sat_addr.s_node = ddp->deh_snode;
-			sat->sat_addr.s_net  = ddp->deh_snet;
-		}
-		msg->msg_namelen = sizeof(*sat);
+	if (!err && msg->msg_name) {
+		struct sockaddr_at *sat = msg->msg_name;
+		sat->sat_family      = AF_APPLETALK;
+		sat->sat_port        = ddp->deh_sport;
+		sat->sat_addr.s_node = ddp->deh_snode;
+		sat->sat_addr.s_net  = ddp->deh_snet;
+		msg->msg_namelen     = sizeof(*sat);
 	}
 
 	skb_free_datagram(sk, skb);	/* Free the datagram. */

programming_language: C
filename: common.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -531,8 +531,6 @@ int vcc_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	int copied, error = -EINVAL;
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	if (sock->state != SS_CONNECTED)
 		return -ENOTCONN;
 

programming_language: C
filename: af_ax25.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -1636,11 +1636,11 @@ static int ax25_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 
 	skb_copy_datagram_iovec(skb, 0, msg->msg_iov, copied);
 
-	if (msg->msg_namelen != 0) {
-		struct sockaddr_ax25 *sax = (struct sockaddr_ax25 *)msg->msg_name;
+	if (msg->msg_name) {
 		ax25_digi digi;
 		ax25_address src;
 		const unsigned char *mac = skb_mac_header(skb);
+		struct sockaddr_ax25 *sax = msg->msg_name;
 
 		memset(sax, 0, sizeof(struct full_sockaddr_ax25));
 		ax25_addr_parse(mac + 1, skb->data - mac - 1, &src, NULL,

programming_language: C
filename: af_bluetooth.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -224,10 +224,9 @@ int bt_sock_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 
 	skb = skb_recv_datagram(sk, flags, noblock, &err);
 	if (!skb) {
-		if (sk->sk_shutdown & RCV_SHUTDOWN) {
-			msg->msg_namelen = 0;
+		if (sk->sk_shutdown & RCV_SHUTDOWN)
 			return 0;
-		}
+
 		return err;
 	}
 
@@ -245,8 +244,6 @@ int bt_sock_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 		if (bt_sk(sk)->skb_msg_name)
 			bt_sk(sk)->skb_msg_name(skb, msg->msg_name,
 						&msg->msg_namelen);
-		else
-			msg->msg_namelen = 0;
 	}
 
 	skb_free_datagram(sk, skb);
@@ -295,8 +292,6 @@ int bt_sock_stream_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (flags & MSG_OOB)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	BT_DBG("sk %p size %zu", sk, size);
 
 	lock_sock(sk);

programming_language: C
filename: hci_sock.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -856,8 +856,6 @@ static int hci_sock_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (!skb)
 		return err;
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	copied = skb->len;
 	if (len < copied) {
 		msg->msg_flags |= MSG_TRUNC;

programming_language: C
filename: sock.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -615,7 +615,6 @@ static int rfcomm_sock_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 
 	if (test_and_clear_bit(RFCOMM_DEFER_SETUP, &d->flags)) {
 		rfcomm_dlc_accept(d);
-		msg->msg_namelen = 0;
 		return 0;
 	}
 

programming_language: C
filename: sco.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -711,7 +711,6 @@ static int sco_sock_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	    test_bit(BT_SK_DEFER_SETUP, &bt_sk(sk)->flags)) {
 		sco_conn_defer_accept(pi->conn->hcon, pi->setting);
 		sk->sk_state = BT_CONFIG;
-		msg->msg_namelen = 0;
 
 		release_sock(sk);
 		return 0;

programming_language: C
filename: caif_socket.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -286,8 +286,6 @@ static int caif_seqpkt_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (m->msg_flags&MSG_OOB)
 		goto read_error;
 
-	m->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	skb = skb_recv_datagram(sk, flags, 0 , &ret);
 	if (!skb)
 		goto read_error;
@@ -361,8 +359,6 @@ static int caif_stream_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (flags&MSG_OOB)
 		goto out;
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	/*
 	 * Lock the socket to prevent queue disordering
 	 * while sleeps in memcpy_tomsg

programming_language: C
filename: compat.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ int verify_compat_iovec(struct msghdr *kern_msg, struct iovec *kern_iov,
 			if (err < 0)
 				return err;
 		}
-		kern_msg->msg_name = kern_address;
+		if (kern_msg->msg_name)
+			kern_msg->msg_name = kern_address;
 	} else
 		kern_msg->msg_name = NULL;
 

programming_language: C
filename: iovec.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ int verify_iovec(struct msghdr *m, struct iovec *iov, struct sockaddr_storage *a
 			if (err < 0)
 				return err;
 		}
-		m->msg_name = address;
+		if (m->msg_name)
+			m->msg_name = address;
 	} else {
 		m->msg_name = NULL;
 	}

programming_language: C
filename: af_ipx.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -1823,8 +1823,6 @@ static int ipx_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (skb->tstamp.tv64)
 		sk->sk_stamp = skb->tstamp;
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = sizeof(*sipx);
-
 	if (sipx) {
 		sipx->sipx_family	= AF_IPX;
 		sipx->sipx_port		= ipx->ipx_source.sock;
@@ -1832,6 +1830,7 @@ static int ipx_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 		sipx->sipx_network	= IPX_SKB_CB(skb)->ipx_source_net;
 		sipx->sipx_type 	= ipx->ipx_type;
 		sipx->sipx_zero		= 0;
+		msg->msg_namelen	= sizeof(*sipx);
 	}
 	rc = copied;
 

programming_language: C
filename: af_irda.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -1385,8 +1385,6 @@ static int irda_recvmsg_dgram(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 
 	IRDA_DEBUG(4, "%s()\n", __func__);
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	skb = skb_recv_datagram(sk, flags & ~MSG_DONTWAIT,
 				flags & MSG_DONTWAIT, &err);
 	if (!skb)
@@ -1451,8 +1449,6 @@ static int irda_recvmsg_stream(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	target = sock_rcvlowat(sk, flags & MSG_WAITALL, size);
 	timeo = sock_rcvtimeo(sk, noblock);
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	do {
 		int chunk;
 		struct sk_buff *skb = skb_dequeue(&sk->sk_receive_queue);

programming_language: C
filename: af_iucv.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -1324,8 +1324,6 @@ static int iucv_sock_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	int err = 0;
 	u32 offset;
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	if ((sk->sk_state == IUCV_DISCONN) &&
 	    skb_queue_empty(&iucv->backlog_skb_q) &&
 	    skb_queue_empty(&sk->sk_receive_queue) &&

programming_language: C
filename: af_key.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -3616,7 +3616,6 @@ static int pfkey_recvmsg(struct kiocb *kiocb,
 	if (flags & ~(MSG_PEEK|MSG_DONTWAIT|MSG_TRUNC|MSG_CMSG_COMPAT))
 		goto out;
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
 	skb = skb_recv_datagram(sk, flags, flags & MSG_DONTWAIT, &err);
 	if (skb == NULL)
 		goto out;

programming_language: C
filename: l2tp_ppp.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -197,8 +197,6 @@ static int pppol2tp_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (sk->sk_state & PPPOX_BOUND)
 		goto end;
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	err = 0;
 	skb = skb_recv_datagram(sk, flags & ~MSG_DONTWAIT,
 				flags & MSG_DONTWAIT, &err);

programming_language: C
filename: af_llc.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -720,8 +720,6 @@ static int llc_ui_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	int target;	/* Read at least this many bytes */
 	long timeo;
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	lock_sock(sk);
 	copied = -ENOTCONN;
 	if (unlikely(sk->sk_type == SOCK_STREAM && sk->sk_state == TCP_LISTEN))

programming_language: C
filename: af_netlink.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -2335,8 +2335,6 @@ static int netlink_recvmsg(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct socket *sock,
 	}
 #endif
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	copied = data_skb->len;
 	if (len < copied) {
 		msg->msg_flags |= MSG_TRUNC;

programming_language: C
filename: af_netrom.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -1179,10 +1179,9 @@ static int nr_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 		sax->sax25_family = AF_NETROM;
 		skb_copy_from_linear_data_offset(skb, 7, sax->sax25_call.ax25_call,
 			      AX25_ADDR_LEN);
+		msg->msg_namelen = sizeof(*sax);
 	}
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = sizeof(*sax);
-
 	skb_free_datagram(sk, skb);
 
 	release_sock(sk);

programming_language: C
filename: llcp_sock.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -807,8 +807,6 @@ static int llcp_sock_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 
 	pr_debug("%p %zu\n", sk, len);
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	lock_sock(sk);
 
 	if (sk->sk_state == LLCP_CLOSED &&

programming_language: C
filename: rawsock.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -244,8 +244,6 @@ static int rawsock_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (!skb)
 		return rc;
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	copied = skb->len;
 	if (len < copied) {
 		msg->msg_flags |= MSG_TRUNC;

programming_language: C
filename: af_packet.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -2660,7 +2660,6 @@ static int packet_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	int copied, err;
-	struct sockaddr_ll *sll;
 	int vnet_hdr_len = 0;
 
 	err = -EINVAL;
@@ -2744,22 +2743,10 @@ static int packet_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 			goto out_free;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 *	If the address length field is there to be filled in, we fill
-	 *	it in now.
-	 */
-
-	sll = &PACKET_SKB_CB(skb)->sa.ll;
-	if (sock->type == SOCK_PACKET)
-		msg->msg_namelen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_pkt);
-	else
-		msg->msg_namelen = sll->sll_halen + offsetof(struct sockaddr_ll, sll_addr);
-
-	/*
-	 *	You lose any data beyond the buffer you gave. If it worries a
-	 *	user program they can ask the device for its MTU anyway.
+	/* You lose any data beyond the buffer you gave. If it worries
+	 * a user program they can ask the device for its MTU
+	 * anyway.
 	 */
-
 	copied = skb->len;
 	if (copied > len) {
 		copied = len;
@@ -2772,9 +2759,20 @@ static int packet_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 
 	sock_recv_ts_and_drops(msg, sk, skb);
 
-	if (msg->msg_name)
+	if (msg->msg_name) {
+		/* If the address length field is there to be filled
+		 * in, we fill it in now.
+		 */
+		if (sock->type == SOCK_PACKET) {
+			msg->msg_namelen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_pkt);
+		} else {
+			struct sockaddr_ll *sll = &PACKET_SKB_CB(skb)->sa.ll;
+			msg->msg_namelen = sll->sll_halen +
+				offsetof(struct sockaddr_ll, sll_addr);
+		}
 		memcpy(msg->msg_name, &PACKET_SKB_CB(skb)->sa,
 		       msg->msg_namelen);
+	}
 
 	if (pkt_sk(sk)->auxdata) {
 		struct tpacket_auxdata aux;

programming_language: C
filename: recv.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -410,8 +410,6 @@ int rds_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 
 	rdsdebug("size %zu flags 0x%x timeo %ld\n", size, msg_flags, timeo);
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	if (msg_flags & MSG_OOB)
 		goto out;
 

programming_language: C
filename: af_rose.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -1216,7 +1216,6 @@ static int rose_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 {
 	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
 	struct rose_sock *rose = rose_sk(sk);
-	struct sockaddr_rose *srose = (struct sockaddr_rose *)msg->msg_name;
 	size_t copied;
 	unsigned char *asmptr;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
@@ -1252,8 +1251,11 @@ static int rose_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 
 	skb_copy_datagram_iovec(skb, 0, msg->msg_iov, copied);
 
-	if (srose != NULL) {
-		memset(srose, 0, msg->msg_namelen);
+	if (msg->msg_name) {
+		struct sockaddr_rose *srose;
+
+		memset(msg->msg_name, 0, sizeof(struct full_sockaddr_rose));
+		srose = msg->msg_name;
 		srose->srose_family = AF_ROSE;
 		srose->srose_addr   = rose->dest_addr;
 		srose->srose_call   = rose->dest_call;

programming_language: C
filename: ar-recvmsg.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -143,10 +143,13 @@ int rxrpc_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 
 		/* copy the peer address and timestamp */
 		if (!continue_call) {
-			if (msg->msg_name && msg->msg_namelen > 0)
+			if (msg->msg_name) {
+				size_t len =
+					sizeof(call->conn->trans->peer->srx);
 				memcpy(msg->msg_name,
-				       &call->conn->trans->peer->srx,
-				       sizeof(call->conn->trans->peer->srx));
+				       &call->conn->trans->peer->srx, len);
+				msg->msg_namelen = len;
+			}
 			sock_recv_ts_and_drops(msg, &rx->sk, skb);
 		}
 

programming_language: C
filename: socket.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -1840,8 +1840,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(recvfrom, int, fd, void __user *, ubuf, size_t, size,
 	msg.msg_iov = &iov;
 	iov.iov_len = size;
 	iov.iov_base = ubuf;
-	msg.msg_name = (struct sockaddr *)&address;
-	msg.msg_namelen = sizeof(address);
+	/* Save some cycles and don't copy the address if not needed */
+	msg.msg_name = addr ? (struct sockaddr *)&address : NULL;
+	/* We assume all kernel code knows the size of sockaddr_storage */
+	msg.msg_namelen = 0;
 	if (sock->file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)
 		flags |= MSG_DONTWAIT;
 	err = sock_recvmsg(sock, &msg, size, flags);
@@ -2221,16 +2223,14 @@ static int ___sys_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr __user *msg,
 			goto out;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 *      Save the user-mode address (verify_iovec will change the
-	 *      kernel msghdr to use the kernel address space)
+	/* Save the user-mode address (verify_iovec will change the
+	 * kernel msghdr to use the kernel address space)
 	 */
-
 	uaddr = (__force void __user *)msg_sys->msg_name;
 	uaddr_len = COMPAT_NAMELEN(msg);
-	if (MSG_CMSG_COMPAT & flags) {
+	if (MSG_CMSG_COMPAT & flags)
 		err = verify_compat_iovec(msg_sys, iov, &addr, VERIFY_WRITE);
-	} else
+	else
 		err = verify_iovec(msg_sys, iov, &addr, VERIFY_WRITE);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto out_freeiov;
@@ -2239,6 +2239,9 @@ static int ___sys_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr __user *msg,
 	cmsg_ptr = (unsigned long)msg_sys->msg_control;
 	msg_sys->msg_flags = flags & (MSG_CMSG_CLOEXEC|MSG_CMSG_COMPAT);
 
+	/* We assume all kernel code knows the size of sockaddr_storage */
+	msg_sys->msg_namelen = 0;
+
 	if (sock->file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)
 		flags |= MSG_DONTWAIT;
 	err = (nosec ? sock_recvmsg_nosec : sock_recvmsg)(sock, msg_sys,

programming_language: C
filename: socket.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -980,9 +980,6 @@ static int recv_msg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
-	/* will be updated in set_orig_addr() if needed */
-	m->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	timeout = sock_rcvtimeo(sk, flags & MSG_DONTWAIT);
 restart:
 
@@ -1091,9 +1088,6 @@ static int recv_stream(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
-	/* will be updated in set_orig_addr() if needed */
-	m->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	target = sock_rcvlowat(sk, flags & MSG_WAITALL, buf_len);
 	timeout = sock_rcvtimeo(sk, flags & MSG_DONTWAIT);
 

programming_language: C
filename: af_unix.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -1754,7 +1754,6 @@ static void unix_copy_addr(struct msghdr *msg, struct sock *sk)
 {
 	struct unix_sock *u = unix_sk(sk);
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
 	if (u->addr) {
 		msg->msg_namelen = u->addr->len;
 		memcpy(msg->msg_name, u->addr->name, u->addr->len);
@@ -1778,8 +1777,6 @@ static int unix_dgram_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (flags&MSG_OOB)
 		goto out;
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&u->readlock);
 	if (err) {
 		err = sock_intr_errno(sock_rcvtimeo(sk, noblock));
@@ -1924,8 +1921,6 @@ static int unix_stream_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	target = sock_rcvlowat(sk, flags&MSG_WAITALL, size);
 	timeo = sock_rcvtimeo(sk, flags&MSG_DONTWAIT);
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	/* Lock the socket to prevent queue disordering
 	 * while sleeps in memcpy_tomsg
 	 */

programming_language: C
filename: af_vsock.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -1662,8 +1662,6 @@ vsock_stream_recvmsg(struct kiocb *kiocb,
 	vsk = vsock_sk(sk);
 	err = 0;
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	lock_sock(sk);
 
 	if (sk->sk_state != SS_CONNECTED) {

programming_language: C
filename: vmci_transport.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -1746,8 +1746,6 @@ static int vmci_transport_dgram_dequeue(struct kiocb *kiocb,
 	if (flags & MSG_OOB || flags & MSG_ERRQUEUE)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	/* Retrieve the head sk_buff from the socket's receive queue. */
 	err = 0;
 	skb = skb_recv_datagram(&vsk->sk, flags, noblock, &err);

programming_language: C
filename: af_x25.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -1340,10 +1340,9 @@ static int x25_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (sx25) {
 		sx25->sx25_family = AF_X25;
 		sx25->sx25_addr   = x25->dest_addr;
+		msg->msg_namelen = sizeof(*sx25);
 	}
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_x25);
-
 	x25_check_rbuf(sk);
 	rc = copied;
 out_free_dgram:

programming_language: C