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-rw-r--r--net/sctp/protocol.c11
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/net/sctp/protocol.c b/net/sctp/protocol.c
index 4e663844963..c4986d0f741 100644
--- a/net/sctp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/sctp/protocol.c
@@ -717,15 +717,20 @@ static int sctp_inetaddr_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long ev,
static int sctp_ctl_sock_init(void)
{
int err;
- sa_family_t family;
+ sa_family_t family = PF_INET;
if (sctp_get_pf_specific(PF_INET6))
family = PF_INET6;
- else
- family = PF_INET;
err = inet_ctl_sock_create(&sctp_ctl_sock, family,
SOCK_SEQPACKET, IPPROTO_SCTP, &init_net);
+
+ /* If IPv6 socket could not be created, try the IPv4 socket */
+ if (err < 0 && family == PF_INET6)
+ err = inet_ctl_sock_create(&sctp_ctl_sock, AF_INET,
+ SOCK_SEQPACKET, IPPROTO_SCTP,
+ &init_net);
+
if (err < 0) {
printk(KERN_ERR
"SCTP: Failed to create the SCTP control socket.\n");