From 3575dbf2cbbc8e598f17ec441aed526dbea0e1bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Herrmann Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 18:17:54 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] net: drop write-only stack variable Remove a write-only stack variable from unix_attach_fds(). This is a left-over from the security fix in: commit 712f4aad406bb1ed67f3f98d04c044191f0ff593 Author: willy tarreau Date: Sun Jan 10 07:54:56 2016 +0100 unix: properly account for FDs passed over unix sockets Signed-off-by: David Herrmann Acked-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/unix/af_unix.c | 5 +---- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c index 49d5093eb055..b3745557fc89 100644 --- a/net/unix/af_unix.c +++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c @@ -1534,7 +1534,6 @@ static int unix_attach_fds(struct scm_cookie *scm, struct sk_buff *skb) { int i; unsigned char max_level = 0; - int unix_sock_count = 0; if (too_many_unix_fds(current)) return -ETOOMANYREFS; @@ -1542,11 +1541,9 @@ static int unix_attach_fds(struct scm_cookie *scm, struct sk_buff *skb) for (i = scm->fp->count - 1; i >= 0; i--) { struct sock *sk = unix_get_socket(scm->fp->fp[i]); - if (sk) { - unix_sock_count++; + if (sk) max_level = max(max_level, unix_sk(sk)->recursion_level); - } } if (unlikely(max_level > MAX_RECURSION_LEVEL)) return -ETOOMANYREFS; -- 2.20.1