Regression in the 2.6.12 kernel errata?

[Sam Varshavchik]

Miloslav Trmac writes:


>> connect(3, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(1080),
>> sin_addr=inet_addr("192.168.0.5")}, 28) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument)
> Note that in the first case the third argument to connect is 16
> (sizeof struct sockaddr_in), but in the second case it is 28 (sizeof
> struct sockaddr_in6).  While the base kernel allows larger sizes
> than (sizeof struct sockaddr_in), SELinux performs additional checks
> which prohibit this, see e.g. #158234.

Aha.

>> Can anyone tell me why this is _not_ a kernel bug?
> It does break existing applications, but the definite specification is
> probably SUSv3, which seems to allow this behavior.
> 	Mirek

Well, sockaddr_in already has some padding right off the bat…

But, mystery solved anyway…

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