Before this e.g. msg_controllen was not initialized properly which could
cause invalid reads.
char buffer[MAX_PACKET];
int bytes_read = 0;
host_t *source;
- struct msghdr msg;
- struct iovec iov;
union {
struct sockaddr_in in4;
struct sockaddr_in6 in6;
} src;
+ struct iovec iov = {
+ .iov_base = buffer,
+ .iov_len = MAX_PACKET,
+ };
+ struct msghdr msg = {
+ .msg_name = &src,
+ .msg_namelen = sizeof(src),
+ .msg_iov = &iov,
+ .msg_iovlen = 1,
+ };
/* read received packet */
- msg.msg_name = &src;
- msg.msg_namelen = sizeof(src);
- iov.iov_base = buffer;
- iov.iov_len = MAX_PACKET;
- msg.msg_iov = &iov;
- msg.msg_iovlen = 1;
- msg.msg_flags = 0;
-
bytes_read = recvmsg(fd, &msg, 0);
if (bytes_read < 0)
{