kern/60448: PF_KEY protocol does not have a corresponding AF_KEY address family

George V. Neville-Neil gnn at neville-neil.com
Sat Dec 20 19:20:20 PST 2003


>Number:         60448
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       PF_KEY protocol does not have a corresponding AF_KEY address family
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Dec 20 19:20:17 PST 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     George V. Neville-Neil
>Release:        -CURRENT (5.2 RC 1)
>Organization:
Neville-Neil Consulting
>Environment:
     
>Description:
The PF_KEY protocol which is the user level access to the IPSec SA Database does not
have a corresponding AF_KEY address family which means that user level applications
use a wacky way of opening a socket:

socket(PF_KEY, ...., PF_KEY)

We should supply an AF_KEY.
     
>How-To-Repeat:
Look at net/socket.h in the source tree.

     
>Fix:

     
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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