patch-2.1.10 linux/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c

• Lines: 11
• Date: Thu Nov 14 18:26:17 1996
• Orig file: v2.1.9/linux/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
• Orig date: Tue Nov 12 15:56:16 1996

diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.1.9/linux/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c linux/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
@@ -164,10 +164,6 @@
 	{
 		struct in6_addr addr;
 
-		err=verify_area(VERIFY_READ, optval, sizeof(struct in6_addr));
-		if(err)
-			return err;
-
 		err = copy_from_user(&addr, optval, sizeof(struct in6_addr));
 		if(err)
 			return -EFAULT;