@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ struct net;
#define SOCK_PASSCRED 3
#define SOCK_PASSSEC 4
+#define PROTO_CMSG_DATA_ONLY 0x0001
+
#ifndef ARCH_HAS_SOCKET_TYPES
/**
* enum sock_type - Socket types
@@ -135,6 +137,7 @@ typedef int (*sk_read_actor_t)(read_descriptor_t *, struct sk_buff *,
struct proto_ops {
int family;
+ unsigned int flags;
struct module *owner;
int (*release) (struct socket *sock);
int (*bind) (struct socket *sock,
@@ -1017,6 +1017,7 @@ static int inet_compat_ioctl(struct socket *sock, unsigned int cmd, unsigned lon
const struct proto_ops inet_stream_ops = {
.family = PF_INET,
+ .flags = PROTO_CMSG_DATA_ONLY,
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.release = inet_release,
.bind = inet_bind,
@@ -661,6 +661,7 @@ int inet6_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size,
const struct proto_ops inet6_stream_ops = {
.family = PF_INET6,
+ .flags = PROTO_CMSG_DATA_ONLY,
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.release = inet6_release,
.bind = inet6_bind,
@@ -2628,9 +2628,11 @@ long __sys_recvmsg_sock(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
struct user_msghdr __user *umsg,
struct sockaddr __user *uaddr, unsigned int flags)
{
- /* disallow ancillary data requests from this path */
- if (msg->msg_control || msg->msg_controllen)
- return -EINVAL;
+ if (msg->msg_control || msg->msg_controllen) {
+ /* disallow ancillary data reqs unless cmsg is plain data */
+ if (!(sock->ops->flags & PROTO_CMSG_DATA_ONLY))
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
return ____sys_recvmsg(sock, msg, umsg, uaddr, flags, 0);
}