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authorCharles-François Natali <neologix@free.fr>2011-08-28 18:23:43 +0200
committerCharles-François Natali <neologix@free.fr>2011-08-28 18:23:43 +0200
commit9c9963faed761e4246cf8485522cbfb71f8548fa (patch)
treee6b67bf1694742c2836dedcc395eca27cb9587d9 /Modules/socketmodule.c
parent305d15175ea4e3842fa58ddc32f6ba9342e73c87 (diff)
downloadcpython-9c9963faed761e4246cf8485522cbfb71f8548fa.tar.gz
Issue #12837: POSIX.1-2008 allows socklen_t to be a signed integer: re-enable
the check against negative values, and add a note on this surprising test. Patch by David Watson.
Diffstat (limited to 'Modules/socketmodule.c')
-rw-r--r--Modules/socketmodule.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/socketmodule.c b/Modules/socketmodule.c
index f56e9afd52..79ccae8cdb 100644
--- a/Modules/socketmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/socketmodule.c
@@ -1745,7 +1745,8 @@ cmsg_min_space(struct msghdr *msg, struct cmsghdr *cmsgh, size_t space)
static const size_t cmsg_len_end = (offsetof(struct cmsghdr, cmsg_len) +
sizeof(cmsgh->cmsg_len));
- if (cmsgh == NULL || msg->msg_control == NULL)
+ /* Note that POSIX allows msg_controllen to be of signed type. */
+ if (cmsgh == NULL || msg->msg_control == NULL || msg->msg_controllen < 0)
return 0;
if (space < cmsg_len_end)
space = cmsg_len_end;