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d0733d2e29b65 (Check for mistakenly passed in non-IPv4 address)
added regression on legacy apps that use bind() with AF_UNSPEC family.
Relax the check, but make sure the bind() is done on INADDR_ANY
addresses, as AF_UNSPEC has probably no sane meaning for other
addresses.
Bugzilla reference : https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42012
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Reported-and-bisected-by: Rene Meier <r_meier@freenet.de>
CC: Marcus Meissner <meissner@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
goto out;
if (addr->sin_family != AF_INET) {
+ /* Compatibility games : accept AF_UNSPEC (mapped to AF_INET)
+ * only if s_addr is INADDR_ANY.
+ */
err = -EAFNOSUPPORT;
- goto out;
+ if (addr->sin_family != AF_UNSPEC ||
+ addr->sin_addr.s_addr != htonl(INADDR_ANY))
+ goto out;
}
chk_addr_ret = inet_addr_type(sock_net(sk), addr->sin_addr.s_addr);