getsockname() is reporting wrong local addresses on connected UDP6 sockets

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

A datagram socket is created and bound to ::ffff:0.0.0.0. After a remote address is connected, calls to getsockname() should return the ip address from which the connection is initiated. On RHEL 6 this getsockname() call mistakenly returns ::ffff:0.0.0.0.

This used to work on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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