Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (37 commits)
  smc91c92_cs: fix the problem of "Unable to find hardware address"
  r8169: clean up my printk uglyness
  net: Hook up cxgb4 to Kconfig and Makefile
  cxgb4: Add main driver file and driver Makefile
  cxgb4: Add remaining driver headers and L2T management
  cxgb4: Add packet queues and packet DMA code
  cxgb4: Add HW and FW support code
  cxgb4: Add register, message, and FW definitions
  netlabel: Fix several rcu_dereference() calls used without RCU read locks
  bonding: fix potential deadlock in bond_uninit()
  net: check the length of the socket address passed to connect(2)
  stmmac: add documentation for the driver.
  stmmac: fix kconfig for crc32 build error
  be2net: fix bug in vlan rx path for big endian architecture
  be2net: fix flashing on big endian architectures
  be2net: fix a bug in flashing the redboot section
  bonding: bond_xmit_roundrobin() fix
  drivers/net: Add missing unlock
  net: gianfar - align BD ring size console messages
  net: gianfar - initialize per-queue statistics
  ...

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index acbbae1e89b5..795424396aff 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -683,6 +683,9 @@ static int netlink_connect(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *addr,
         struct netlink_sock *nlk = nlk_sk(sk);
         struct sockaddr_nl *nladdr = (struct sockaddr_nl *)addr;
 
+        if (alen < sizeof(addr->sa_family))
+                return -EINVAL;
+
         if (addr->sa_family == AF_UNSPEC) {
                 sk->sk_state    = NETLINK_UNCONNECTED;
                 nlk->dst_pid    = 0;