If accept() returns an error, kernel_accept() releases the new socket but passes a pointer to the released socket back to the caller. Make it pass back NULL instead.
Signed-off-by: Tony Battersby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- --- linux-2.6.23-rc9/net/socket.c.bak 2007-10-04 15:21:17.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-2.6.23-rc9/net/socket.c 2007-10-04 15:21:22.000000000 -0400 @@ -2230,6 +2230,7 @@ int kernel_accept(struct socket *sock, s err = sock->ops->accept(sock, *newsock, flags); if (err < 0) { sock_release(*newsock); + *newsock = NULL; goto done; } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html