Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 06 Sep 2019 09:13:50 +0200 (CEST) | Subject | Re: [PATCH] net: Remove the source address setting in connect() for UDP | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Enke Chen <enkechen@cisco.com> Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2019 19:54:37 -0700
> The connect() system call for a UDP socket is for setting the destination > address and port. But the current code mistakenly sets the source address > for the socket as well. Remove the source address setting in connect() for > UDP in this patch.
Do you have any idea how many decades of precedence this behavior has and therefore how much you potentially will break userspace?
This boat has sailed a long time ago I'm afraid.
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