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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv6: ensure message length for raw socket is at least
 sizeof(ipv6hdr)
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 13:55:43 -0400 (EDT)
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From: Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 15:18:27 +0200

> rawv6_send_hdrinc() expects that the buffer copied from the userspace
> contains the IPv6 header, so if too few bytes are copied parts of the
> header may remain uninitialized.
> 
> This bug has been detected with KMSAN.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>

Hmmm, ipv4 seems to lack this check as well.

I think we need to be careful here and fully understand why KMSAN doesn't
seem to be triggering in the ipv4 case but for ipv6 it is before I apply
this.

Thanks.