From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> ------------------- This is a commit scheduled for the next v2.6.34 longterm release. http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/paulg/longterm-queue-2.6.34.git If you see a problem with using this for longterm, please comment. ------------------- commit 3e10986d1d698140747fcfc2761ec9cb64c1d582 upstream. Its possible to use RAW sockets to get a crash in tcp_set_keepalive() / sk_reset_timer() Fix is to make sure socket is a SOCK_STREAM one. Reported-by: Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/core/sock.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c index 4b45ad8f6b9e..8ad61ba17a39 100644 --- a/net/core/sock.c +++ b/net/core/sock.c @@ -582,7 +582,8 @@ set_rcvbuf: case SO_KEEPALIVE: #ifdef CONFIG_INET - if (sk->sk_protocol == IPPROTO_TCP) + if (sk->sk_protocol == IPPROTO_TCP && + sk->sk_type == SOCK_STREAM) tcp_set_keepalive(sk, valbool); #endif sock_valbool_flag(sk, SOCK_KEEPOPEN, valbool); -- 1.8.5.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html