[PATCH net-next 3/3] sctp: Replace sockaddr with sockaddr_inet in sctp_addr union
From: Kees Cook
Date: Tue Jul 22 2025 - 13:19:07 EST
As part of the removal of the variably-sized sockaddr for kernel
internals, replace struct sockaddr with sockaddr_inet in the sctp_addr
union.
No binary changes; the union size remains unchanged due to sockaddr_inet
matching the size of sockaddr_in6.
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Cc: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Xin Long <lucien.xin@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <linux-sctp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/net/sctp/structs.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/net/sctp/structs.h b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
index 1ad7ce71d0a7..8a540ad9b509 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/structs.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@
* We should wean ourselves off this.
*/
union sctp_addr {
+ struct sockaddr_inet sa; /* Large enough for both address families */
struct sockaddr_in v4;
struct sockaddr_in6 v6;
- struct sockaddr sa;
};
/* Forward declarations for data structures. */
--
2.34.1