Re: [patch 03/31] Fix user copy length in ipv6_sockglue.c

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Mar 20 2007 - 00:07:59 EST


On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 03:01:25PM -0700, Chris Wright wrote:
> * Greg KH (gregkh@xxxxxxx) wrote:
> > From: Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > [IPV6] fix ipv6_getsockopt_sticky copy_to_user leak
> >
> > User supplied len < 0 can cause leak of kernel memory.
> > Use unsigned compare instead.
>
> You can drop this one. It's dependent on a patch
> that is not in 2.6.20.

Ok, thanks for letting me know, it is now dropped.

greg k-h
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