On Thu, 4 Oct 2007, Tony Battersby wrote:
> 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;
> }
>
If you get an error back from kernel_accept, you should not be trying to
use newsock.
--
James Morris
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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