2 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/net/compat.c b/net/compat.c
index 9a76eaf63184..bc8aeefddf3f 100644
--- a/net/compat.c
+++ b/net/compat.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ int verify_compat_iovec(struct msghdr *kern_msg, struct iovec *kern_iov,
 {
         int tot_len;
 
-        if (kern_msg->msg_namelen) {
+        if (kern_msg->msg_name && kern_msg->msg_namelen) {
                 if (mode == VERIFY_READ) {
                         int err = move_addr_to_kernel(kern_msg->msg_name,
                                                       kern_msg->msg_namelen,
@@ -93,10 +93,11 @@ int verify_compat_iovec(struct msghdr *kern_msg, struct iovec *kern_iov,
                         if (err < 0)
                                 return err;
                 }
-                if (kern_msg->msg_name)
-                        kern_msg->msg_name = kern_address;
-        } else
+                kern_msg->msg_name = kern_address;
+        } else {
                 kern_msg->msg_name = NULL;
+                kern_msg->msg_namelen = 0;
+        }
 
         tot_len = iov_from_user_compat_to_kern(kern_iov,
                                           (struct compat_iovec __user *)kern_msg->msg_iov,
diff --git a/net/core/iovec.c b/net/core/iovec.c
index 827dd6beb49c..e1ec45ab1e63 100644
--- a/net/core/iovec.c
+++ b/net/core/iovec.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ int verify_iovec(struct msghdr *m, struct iovec *iov, struct sockaddr_storage *a
 {
         int size, ct, err;
 
-        if (m->msg_namelen) {
+        if (m->msg_name && m->msg_namelen) {
                 if (mode == VERIFY_READ) {
                         void __user *namep;
                         namep = (void __user __force *) m->msg_name;
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ int verify_iovec(struct msghdr *m, struct iovec *iov, struct sockaddr_storage *a
                         if (err < 0)
                                 return err;
                 }
-                if (m->msg_name)
-                        m->msg_name = address;
+                m->msg_name = address;
         } else {
                 m->msg_name = NULL;
+                m->msg_namelen = 0;
         }
 
         size = m->msg_iovlen * sizeof(struct iovec);