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commit547ce4cfb3("switch cmsghdr_from_user_compat_to_kern() to copy_from_user()") missed one of the places where ucmlen should've been replaced with cmsg.cmsg_len, now that we are fetching the entire struct rather than doing it field-by-field. As the result, compat sendmsg() with several different-sized cmsg attached started to fail with EINVAL. Trivial to fix, fortunately. Fixes:547ce4cfb3("switch cmsghdr_from_user_compat_to_kern() to copy_from_user()") Reported-by: Nick Bowler <nbowler@draconx.ca> Tested-by: Nick Bowler <nbowler@draconx.ca> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.