net: rework recvmsg handler msg_name and msg_namelen logic

This patch now always passes msg->msg_namelen as 0. recvmsg handlers must
set msg_namelen to the proper size <= sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage)
to return msg_name to the user.

This prevents numerous uninitialized memory leaks we had in the
recvmsg handlers and makes it harder for new code to accidentally leak
uninitialized memory.

Optimize for the case recvfrom is called with NULL as address. We don't
need to copy the address at all, so set it to NULL before invoking the
recvmsg handler. We can do so, because all the recvmsg handlers must
cope with the case a plain read() is called on them. read() also sets
msg_name to NULL.

Also document these changes in include/linux/net.h as suggested by David
Miller.

Changes since RFC:

Set msg->msg_name = NULL if user specified a NULL in msg_name but had a
non-null msg_namelen in verify_iovec/verify_compat_iovec. This doesn't
affect sendto as it would bail out earlier while trying to copy-in the
address. It also more naturally reflects the logic by the callers of
verify_iovec.

With this change in place I could remove "
if (!uaddr || msg_sys->msg_namelen == 0)
	msg->msg_name = NULL
".

This change does not alter the user visible error logic as we ignore
msg_namelen as long as msg_name is NULL.

Also remove two unnecessary curly brackets in ___sys_recvmsg and change
comments to netdev style.

Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

30 files changed, 55 insertions, 101 deletions

diff --git a/net/appletalk/ddp.c b/net/appletalk/ddp.c
index 7fee50d637f9..7d424ac6e760 100644
--- a/net/appletalk/ddp.c
+++ b/net/appletalk/ddp.c
@@ -1735,7 +1735,6 @@ static int atalk_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock, struct msghdr
 			 size_t size, int flags)
 {
 	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
-	struct sockaddr_at *sat = (struct sockaddr_at *)msg->msg_name;
 	struct ddpehdr *ddp;
 	int copied = 0;
 	int offset = 0;
@@ -1764,14 +1763,13 @@ static int atalk_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock, struct msghdr
 	}
 	err = skb_copy_datagram_iovec(skb, offset, msg->msg_iov, copied);
 
-	if (!err) {
-		if (sat) {
-			sat->sat_family      = AF_APPLETALK;
-			sat->sat_port        = ddp->deh_sport;
-			sat->sat_addr.s_node = ddp->deh_snode;
-			sat->sat_addr.s_net  = ddp->deh_snet;
-		}
-		msg->msg_namelen = sizeof(*sat);
+	if (!err && msg->msg_name) {
+		struct sockaddr_at *sat = msg->msg_name;
+		sat->sat_family      = AF_APPLETALK;
+		sat->sat_port        = ddp->deh_sport;
+		sat->sat_addr.s_node = ddp->deh_snode;
+		sat->sat_addr.s_net  = ddp->deh_snet;
+		msg->msg_namelen     = sizeof(*sat);
 	}
 
 	skb_free_datagram(sk, skb);	/* Free the datagram. */
diff --git a/net/atm/common.c b/net/atm/common.c
index 737bef59ce89..7b491006eaf4 100644
--- a/net/atm/common.c
+++ b/net/atm/common.c
@@ -531,8 +531,6 @@ int vcc_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	int copied, error = -EINVAL;
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	if (sock->state != SS_CONNECTED)
 		return -ENOTCONN;
 
diff --git a/net/ax25/af_ax25.c b/net/ax25/af_ax25.c
index a00123ebb0ae..7bb1605bdfd9 100644
--- a/net/ax25/af_ax25.c
+++ b/net/ax25/af_ax25.c
@@ -1636,11 +1636,11 @@ static int ax25_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 
 	skb_copy_datagram_iovec(skb, 0, msg->msg_iov, copied);
 
-	if (msg->msg_namelen != 0) {
-		struct sockaddr_ax25 *sax = (struct sockaddr_ax25 *)msg->msg_name;
+	if (msg->msg_name) {
 		ax25_digi digi;
 		ax25_address src;
 		const unsigned char *mac = skb_mac_header(skb);
+		struct sockaddr_ax25 *sax = msg->msg_name;
 
 		memset(sax, 0, sizeof(struct full_sockaddr_ax25));
 		ax25_addr_parse(mac + 1, skb->data - mac - 1, &src, NULL,
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c b/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c
index f6a1671ea2ff..56ca494621c6 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c
@@ -224,10 +224,9 @@ int bt_sock_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 
 	skb = skb_recv_datagram(sk, flags, noblock, &err);
 	if (!skb) {
-		if (sk->sk_shutdown & RCV_SHUTDOWN) {
-			msg->msg_namelen = 0;
+		if (sk->sk_shutdown & RCV_SHUTDOWN)
 			return 0;
-		}
+
 		return err;
 	}
 
@@ -245,8 +244,6 @@ int bt_sock_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 		if (bt_sk(sk)->skb_msg_name)
 			bt_sk(sk)->skb_msg_name(skb, msg->msg_name,
 						&msg->msg_namelen);
-		else
-			msg->msg_namelen = 0;
 	}
 
 	skb_free_datagram(sk, skb);
@@ -295,8 +292,6 @@ int bt_sock_stream_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (flags & MSG_OOB)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	BT_DBG("sk %p size %zu", sk, size);
 
 	lock_sock(sk);
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
index 71f0be173080..6a6c8bb4fd72 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c
@@ -856,8 +856,6 @@ static int hci_sock_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (!skb)
 		return err;
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	copied = skb->len;
 	if (len < copied) {
 		msg->msg_flags |= MSG_TRUNC;
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c b/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c
index c4d3d423f89b..c80766f892c3 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c
@@ -615,7 +615,6 @@ static int rfcomm_sock_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 
 	if (test_and_clear_bit(RFCOMM_DEFER_SETUP, &d->flags)) {
 		rfcomm_dlc_accept(d);
-		msg->msg_namelen = 0;
 		return 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/sco.c b/net/bluetooth/sco.c
index 12a0e51e21e1..24fa3964b3c8 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/sco.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/sco.c
@@ -711,7 +711,6 @@ static int sco_sock_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	    test_bit(BT_SK_DEFER_SETUP, &bt_sk(sk)->flags)) {
 		sco_conn_defer_accept(pi->conn->hcon, pi->setting);
 		sk->sk_state = BT_CONFIG;
-		msg->msg_namelen = 0;
 
 		release_sock(sk);
 		return 0;
diff --git a/net/caif/caif_socket.c b/net/caif/caif_socket.c
index 05a41c7ec304..d6be3edb7a43 100644
--- a/net/caif/caif_socket.c
+++ b/net/caif/caif_socket.c
@@ -286,8 +286,6 @@ static int caif_seqpkt_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (m->msg_flags&MSG_OOB)
 		goto read_error;
 
-	m->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	skb = skb_recv_datagram(sk, flags, 0 , &ret);
 	if (!skb)
 		goto read_error;
@@ -361,8 +359,6 @@ static int caif_stream_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (flags&MSG_OOB)
 		goto out;
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	/*
 	 * Lock the socket to prevent queue disordering
 	 * while sleeps in memcpy_tomsg
diff --git a/net/compat.c b/net/compat.c
index 89032580bd1d..618c6a8a911b 100644
--- a/net/compat.c
+++ b/net/compat.c
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ int verify_compat_iovec(struct msghdr *kern_msg, struct iovec *kern_iov,
 			if (err < 0)
 				return err;
 		}
-		kern_msg->msg_name = kern_address;
+		if (kern_msg->msg_name)
+			kern_msg->msg_name = kern_address;
 	} else
 		kern_msg->msg_name = NULL;
 
diff --git a/net/core/iovec.c b/net/core/iovec.c
index 4cdb7c48dad6..b61869429f4c 100644
--- a/net/core/iovec.c
+++ b/net/core/iovec.c
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ int verify_iovec(struct msghdr *m, struct iovec *iov, struct sockaddr_storage *a
 			if (err < 0)
 				return err;
 		}
-		m->msg_name = address;
+		if (m->msg_name)
+			m->msg_name = address;
 	} else {
 		m->msg_name = NULL;
 	}
diff --git a/net/ipx/af_ipx.c b/net/ipx/af_ipx.c
index 7a1e0fc1bd4d..e096025b477f 100644
--- a/net/ipx/af_ipx.c
+++ b/net/ipx/af_ipx.c
@@ -1823,8 +1823,6 @@ static int ipx_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (skb->tstamp.tv64)
 		sk->sk_stamp = skb->tstamp;
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = sizeof(*sipx);
-
 	if (sipx) {
 		sipx->sipx_family	= AF_IPX;
 		sipx->sipx_port		= ipx->ipx_source.sock;
@@ -1832,6 +1830,7 @@ static int ipx_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 		sipx->sipx_network	= IPX_SKB_CB(skb)->ipx_source_net;
 		sipx->sipx_type 	= ipx->ipx_type;
 		sipx->sipx_zero		= 0;
+		msg->msg_namelen	= sizeof(*sipx);
 	}
 	rc = copied;
 
diff --git a/net/irda/af_irda.c b/net/irda/af_irda.c
index 0f676908d15b..de7db23049f1 100644
--- a/net/irda/af_irda.c
+++ b/net/irda/af_irda.c
@@ -1385,8 +1385,6 @@ static int irda_recvmsg_dgram(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 
 	IRDA_DEBUG(4, "%s()\n", __func__);
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	skb = skb_recv_datagram(sk, flags & ~MSG_DONTWAIT,
 				flags & MSG_DONTWAIT, &err);
 	if (!skb)
@@ -1451,8 +1449,6 @@ static int irda_recvmsg_stream(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	target = sock_rcvlowat(sk, flags & MSG_WAITALL, size);
 	timeo = sock_rcvtimeo(sk, noblock);
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	do {
 		int chunk;
 		struct sk_buff *skb = skb_dequeue(&sk->sk_receive_queue);
diff --git a/net/iucv/af_iucv.c b/net/iucv/af_iucv.c
index 168aff5e60de..c4b7218058b6 100644
--- a/net/iucv/af_iucv.c
+++ b/net/iucv/af_iucv.c
@@ -1324,8 +1324,6 @@ static int iucv_sock_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	int err = 0;
 	u32 offset;
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	if ((sk->sk_state == IUCV_DISCONN) &&
 	    skb_queue_empty(&iucv->backlog_skb_q) &&
 	    skb_queue_empty(&sk->sk_receive_queue) &&
diff --git a/net/key/af_key.c b/net/key/af_key.c
index 911ef03bf8fb..545f047868ad 100644
--- a/net/key/af_key.c
+++ b/net/key/af_key.c
@@ -3616,7 +3616,6 @@ static int pfkey_recvmsg(struct kiocb *kiocb,
 	if (flags & ~(MSG_PEEK|MSG_DONTWAIT|MSG_TRUNC|MSG_CMSG_COMPAT))
 		goto out;
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
 	skb = skb_recv_datagram(sk, flags, flags & MSG_DONTWAIT, &err);
 	if (skb == NULL)
 		goto out;
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
index ffda81ef1a70..be5fadf34739 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
@@ -197,8 +197,6 @@ static int pppol2tp_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (sk->sk_state & PPPOX_BOUND)
 		goto end;
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	err = 0;
 	skb = skb_recv_datagram(sk, flags & ~MSG_DONTWAIT,
 				flags & MSG_DONTWAIT, &err);
diff --git a/net/llc/af_llc.c b/net/llc/af_llc.c
index 6cba486353e8..7b01b9f5846c 100644
--- a/net/llc/af_llc.c
+++ b/net/llc/af_llc.c
@@ -720,8 +720,6 @@ static int llc_ui_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	int target;	/* Read at least this many bytes */
 	long timeo;
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	lock_sock(sk);
 	copied = -ENOTCONN;
 	if (unlikely(sk->sk_type == SOCK_STREAM && sk->sk_state == TCP_LISTEN))
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index f0176e1a5a81..bca50b95c182 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -2335,8 +2335,6 @@ static int netlink_recvmsg(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct socket *sock,
 	}
 #endif
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	copied = data_skb->len;
 	if (len < copied) {
 		msg->msg_flags |= MSG_TRUNC;
diff --git a/net/netrom/af_netrom.c b/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
index 698814bfa7ad..53c19a35fc6d 100644
--- a/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
+++ b/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
@@ -1179,10 +1179,9 @@ static int nr_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 		sax->sax25_family = AF_NETROM;
 		skb_copy_from_linear_data_offset(skb, 7, sax->sax25_call.ax25_call,
 			      AX25_ADDR_LEN);
+		msg->msg_namelen = sizeof(*sax);
 	}
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = sizeof(*sax);
-
 	skb_free_datagram(sk, skb);
 
 	release_sock(sk);
diff --git a/net/nfc/llcp_sock.c b/net/nfc/llcp_sock.c
index d308402b67d8..824c6056bf82 100644
--- a/net/nfc/llcp_sock.c
+++ b/net/nfc/llcp_sock.c
@@ -807,8 +807,6 @@ static int llcp_sock_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 
 	pr_debug("%p %zu\n", sk, len);
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	lock_sock(sk);
 
 	if (sk->sk_state == LLCP_CLOSED &&
diff --git a/net/nfc/rawsock.c b/net/nfc/rawsock.c
index cd958b381f96..66bcd2eb5773 100644
--- a/net/nfc/rawsock.c
+++ b/net/nfc/rawsock.c
@@ -244,8 +244,6 @@ static int rawsock_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (!skb)
 		return rc;
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	copied = skb->len;
 	if (len < copied) {
 		msg->msg_flags |= MSG_TRUNC;
diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index 2e8286b47c28..61bd50adead1 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -2660,7 +2660,6 @@ static int packet_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	int copied, err;
-	struct sockaddr_ll *sll;
 	int vnet_hdr_len = 0;
 
 	err = -EINVAL;
@@ -2744,22 +2743,10 @@ static int packet_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 			goto out_free;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 *	If the address length field is there to be filled in, we fill
-	 *	it in now.
-	 */
-
-	sll = &PACKET_SKB_CB(skb)->sa.ll;
-	if (sock->type == SOCK_PACKET)
-		msg->msg_namelen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_pkt);
-	else
-		msg->msg_namelen = sll->sll_halen + offsetof(struct sockaddr_ll, sll_addr);
-
-	/*
-	 *	You lose any data beyond the buffer you gave. If it worries a
-	 *	user program they can ask the device for its MTU anyway.
+	/* You lose any data beyond the buffer you gave. If it worries
+	 * a user program they can ask the device for its MTU
+	 * anyway.
 	 */
-
 	copied = skb->len;
 	if (copied > len) {
 		copied = len;
@@ -2772,9 +2759,20 @@ static int packet_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 
 	sock_recv_ts_and_drops(msg, sk, skb);
 
-	if (msg->msg_name)
+	if (msg->msg_name) {
+		/* If the address length field is there to be filled
+		 * in, we fill it in now.
+		 */
+		if (sock->type == SOCK_PACKET) {
+			msg->msg_namelen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_pkt);
+		} else {
+			struct sockaddr_ll *sll = &PACKET_SKB_CB(skb)->sa.ll;
+			msg->msg_namelen = sll->sll_halen +
+				offsetof(struct sockaddr_ll, sll_addr);
+		}
 		memcpy(msg->msg_name, &PACKET_SKB_CB(skb)->sa,
 		       msg->msg_namelen);
+	}
 
 	if (pkt_sk(sk)->auxdata) {
 		struct tpacket_auxdata aux;
diff --git a/net/rds/recv.c b/net/rds/recv.c
index 9f0f17cf6bf9..de339b24ca14 100644
--- a/net/rds/recv.c
+++ b/net/rds/recv.c
@@ -410,8 +410,6 @@ int rds_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 
 	rdsdebug("size %zu flags 0x%x timeo %ld\n", size, msg_flags, timeo);
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	if (msg_flags & MSG_OOB)
 		goto out;
 
diff --git a/net/rose/af_rose.c b/net/rose/af_rose.c
index e98fcfbe6007..33af77246bfe 100644
--- a/net/rose/af_rose.c
+++ b/net/rose/af_rose.c
@@ -1216,7 +1216,6 @@ static int rose_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 {
 	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
 	struct rose_sock *rose = rose_sk(sk);
-	struct sockaddr_rose *srose = (struct sockaddr_rose *)msg->msg_name;
 	size_t copied;
 	unsigned char *asmptr;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
@@ -1252,8 +1251,11 @@ static int rose_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 
 	skb_copy_datagram_iovec(skb, 0, msg->msg_iov, copied);
 
-	if (srose != NULL) {
-		memset(srose, 0, msg->msg_namelen);
+	if (msg->msg_name) {
+		struct sockaddr_rose *srose;
+
+		memset(msg->msg_name, 0, sizeof(struct full_sockaddr_rose));
+		srose = msg->msg_name;
 		srose->srose_family = AF_ROSE;
 		srose->srose_addr   = rose->dest_addr;
 		srose->srose_call   = rose->dest_call;
diff --git a/net/rxrpc/ar-recvmsg.c b/net/rxrpc/ar-recvmsg.c
index 4b48687c3890..898492a8d61b 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/ar-recvmsg.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/ar-recvmsg.c
@@ -143,10 +143,13 @@ int rxrpc_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 
 		/* copy the peer address and timestamp */
 		if (!continue_call) {
-			if (msg->msg_name && msg->msg_namelen > 0)
+			if (msg->msg_name) {
+				size_t len =
+					sizeof(call->conn->trans->peer->srx);
 				memcpy(msg->msg_name,
-				       &call->conn->trans->peer->srx,
-				       sizeof(call->conn->trans->peer->srx));
+				       &call->conn->trans->peer->srx, len);
+				msg->msg_namelen = len;
+			}
 			sock_recv_ts_and_drops(msg, &rx->sk, skb);
 		}
 
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index c226aceee65b..fc285564e49e 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -1840,8 +1840,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(recvfrom, int, fd, void __user *, ubuf, size_t, size,
 	msg.msg_iov = &iov;
 	iov.iov_len = size;
 	iov.iov_base = ubuf;
-	msg.msg_name = (struct sockaddr *)&address;
-	msg.msg_namelen = sizeof(address);
+	/* Save some cycles and don't copy the address if not needed */
+	msg.msg_name = addr ? (struct sockaddr *)&address : NULL;
+	/* We assume all kernel code knows the size of sockaddr_storage */
+	msg.msg_namelen = 0;
 	if (sock->file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)
 		flags |= MSG_DONTWAIT;
 	err = sock_recvmsg(sock, &msg, size, flags);
@@ -2221,16 +2223,14 @@ static int ___sys_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr __user *msg,
 			goto out;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 *      Save the user-mode address (verify_iovec will change the
-	 *      kernel msghdr to use the kernel address space)
+	/* Save the user-mode address (verify_iovec will change the
+	 * kernel msghdr to use the kernel address space)
 	 */
-
 	uaddr = (__force void __user *)msg_sys->msg_name;
 	uaddr_len = COMPAT_NAMELEN(msg);
-	if (MSG_CMSG_COMPAT & flags) {
+	if (MSG_CMSG_COMPAT & flags)
 		err = verify_compat_iovec(msg_sys, iov, &addr, VERIFY_WRITE);
-	} else
+	else
 		err = verify_iovec(msg_sys, iov, &addr, VERIFY_WRITE);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto out_freeiov;
@@ -2239,6 +2239,9 @@ static int ___sys_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr __user *msg,
 	cmsg_ptr = (unsigned long)msg_sys->msg_control;
 	msg_sys->msg_flags = flags & (MSG_CMSG_CLOEXEC|MSG_CMSG_COMPAT);
 
+	/* We assume all kernel code knows the size of sockaddr_storage */
+	msg_sys->msg_namelen = 0;
+
 	if (sock->file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)
 		flags |= MSG_DONTWAIT;
 	err = (nosec ? sock_recvmsg_nosec : sock_recvmsg)(sock, msg_sys,
diff --git a/net/tipc/socket.c b/net/tipc/socket.c
index 3906527259d1..3b61851bb927 100644
--- a/net/tipc/socket.c
+++ b/net/tipc/socket.c
@@ -980,9 +980,6 @@ static int recv_msg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
-	/* will be updated in set_orig_addr() if needed */
-	m->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	timeout = sock_rcvtimeo(sk, flags & MSG_DONTWAIT);
 restart:
 
@@ -1091,9 +1088,6 @@ static int recv_stream(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
-	/* will be updated in set_orig_addr() if needed */
-	m->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	target = sock_rcvlowat(sk, flags & MSG_WAITALL, buf_len);
 	timeout = sock_rcvtimeo(sk, flags & MSG_DONTWAIT);
 
diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index c1f403bed683..01625ccc3ae6 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -1754,7 +1754,6 @@ static void unix_copy_addr(struct msghdr *msg, struct sock *sk)
 {
 	struct unix_sock *u = unix_sk(sk);
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
 	if (u->addr) {
 		msg->msg_namelen = u->addr->len;
 		memcpy(msg->msg_name, u->addr->name, u->addr->len);
@@ -1778,8 +1777,6 @@ static int unix_dgram_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (flags&MSG_OOB)
 		goto out;
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&u->readlock);
 	if (err) {
 		err = sock_intr_errno(sock_rcvtimeo(sk, noblock));
@@ -1924,8 +1921,6 @@ static int unix_stream_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	target = sock_rcvlowat(sk, flags&MSG_WAITALL, size);
 	timeo = sock_rcvtimeo(sk, flags&MSG_DONTWAIT);
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	/* Lock the socket to prevent queue disordering
 	 * while sleeps in memcpy_tomsg
 	 */
diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
index 545c08b8a1d4..5adfd94c5b85 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
@@ -1662,8 +1662,6 @@ vsock_stream_recvmsg(struct kiocb *kiocb,
 	vsk = vsock_sk(sk);
 	err = 0;
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	lock_sock(sk);
 
 	if (sk->sk_state != SS_CONNECTED) {
diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c b/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
index 9d6986634e0b..687360da62d9 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
@@ -1746,8 +1746,6 @@ static int vmci_transport_dgram_dequeue(struct kiocb *kiocb,
 	if (flags & MSG_OOB || flags & MSG_ERRQUEUE)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
-
 	/* Retrieve the head sk_buff from the socket's receive queue. */
 	err = 0;
 	skb = skb_recv_datagram(&vsk->sk, flags, noblock, &err);
diff --git a/net/x25/af_x25.c b/net/x25/af_x25.c
index 45a3ab5612c1..7622789d3750 100644
--- a/net/x25/af_x25.c
+++ b/net/x25/af_x25.c
@@ -1340,10 +1340,9 @@ static int x25_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (sx25) {
 		sx25->sx25_family = AF_X25;
 		sx25->sx25_addr   = x25->dest_addr;
+		msg->msg_namelen = sizeof(*sx25);
 	}
 
-	msg->msg_namelen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_x25);
-
 	x25_check_rbuf(sk);
 	rc = copied;
 out_free_dgram: