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

David Miller
2007-03-19T22:51:41Z

From: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:01:25 -0700

> * Greg KH (gregkh@suse.de) wrote:
> > From: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
> >
> > [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.

That's correct, it can be dropped.