On Tue, 2015-12-15 at 10:46 -0800, Tadeusz Struk wrote: > msg_iocb needs to be initialized on the recv/recvfrom path. > Otherwise afalg will wrongly interpret it as an async call. > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Reported-by: Harald Freudenberger <freude@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Tadeusz Struk <tadeusz.struk@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > net/socket.c | 1 + > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c > index dd2c247..80ca820 100644 > --- a/net/socket.c > +++ b/net/socket.c > @@ -1702,6 +1702,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(recvfrom, int, fd, void __user *, ubuf, size_t, size, > msg.msg_name = addr ? (struct sockaddr *)&address : NULL; > /* We assume all kernel code knows the size of sockaddr_storage */ > msg.msg_namelen = 0; > + msg.msg_iocb = NULL; > if (sock->file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) > flags |= MSG_DONTWAIT; > err = sock_recvmsg(sock, &msg, iov_iter_count(&msg.msg_iter), flags); > Do not add "Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" for networking patches, thanks ( Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt ) Do you know when was this bug added ? Please add the Fixes: 12-digit-sha1 ("patch title") Thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-crypto" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html