Subject: check for SOL_SOCKET in compat_sys_getsocket compat_sys_getsockopt checks for SO_RCVTIMEO/SO_SNDTIMEO without making sure that the level is actually SOL_SOCKET. This can break getsockopt() requests for other protocols. Signed-off-by: Olaf Kirch Index: linux-2.6.9/net/compat.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.9.orig/net/compat.c 2005-01-03 15:25:11.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.9/net/compat.c 2005-01-03 15:25:29.000000000 +0100 @@ -507,7 +507,8 @@ static int do_get_sock_timeout(int fd, i asmlinkage long compat_sys_getsockopt(int fd, int level, int optname, char __user *optval, int __user *optlen) { - if (optname == SO_RCVTIMEO || optname == SO_SNDTIMEO) + if (level == SOL_SOCKET && + (optname == SO_RCVTIMEO || optname == SO_SNDTIMEO)) return do_get_sock_timeout(fd, level, optname, optval, optlen); return sys_getsockopt(fd, level, optname, optval, optlen); }