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Re: Big problem on linux 2.0


From: visi0n () AUX-TECH ORG (visi0n)
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 22:57:51 +0000


        In my last mail I'd posted a patch for kernel 2.0.38, that  was
made against a modified socket.c you need this one for the original kernel
(2.0.38). Sorry...

@@ -966,8 +966,9 @@
        struct msghdr msg;
        struct iovec iov;

-       if(len<0)
+       if(len < 0 || len >= 65468)
                return -EINVAL;
+
        err=verify_area(VERIFY_READ,buff,len);
        if(err)
                return err;

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visi0n
AUX Technologies
[www.aux-tech.org]


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