On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 08:44:49PM -0400, list-kernel@xc.net wrote: > oops when using socket() > > When calling socket() with the type set to SOCK_STREAM + X, where X is >= 10, an oops occurs. Happens when root or user. Tested with 2.4.6 and 2.4.7-pre6. > > networking, sockets, protocols It got introduced with the new protocol switch stuff in 2.4.6. Here is a patch. --- net/socket.c-o Thu Jul 5 18:46:50 2001 +++ net/socket.c Wed Jul 18 03:09:19 2001 @@ -843,6 +843,9 @@ */ if(family<0 || family>=NPROTO) return -EAFNOSUPPORT; + if (type>=SOCK_MAX) + return -EINVAL; + /* Compatibility. -Andi - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
