diff --git a/userspace/libsinsp/parsers.cpp b/userspace/libsinsp/parsers.cpp
index 1d2c31e6a7..ecb1c0fd9f 100644
--- a/userspace/libsinsp/parsers.cpp
+++ b/userspace/libsinsp/parsers.cpp
@@ -3664,53 +3664,58 @@ void sinsp_parser::parse_fspath_related_exit(sinsp_evt *evt) {
 
 #ifndef _WIN32
 
-// "No aligned" macros definitions. These macros are equivalent to the corresponding variants
-// without the "no aligned suffix" but avoid unaligned access to the underlaying data.
-extern struct cmsghdr *__cmsg_nxthdr_no_aligned(struct msghdr *__mhdr,
-                                                struct cmsghdr *__cmsg) __THROW;
-#define CMSG_NXTHDR_NO_ALIGNED(mhdr, cmsg) __cmsg_nxthdr_no_aligned(mhdr, cmsg)
-#ifdef __USE_EXTERN_INLINES
-#ifndef _EXTERN_INLINE
-#define _EXTERN_INLINE __extern_inline
-#endif
-_EXTERN_INLINE struct cmsghdr *__NTH(__cmsg_nxthdr_no_aligned(struct msghdr *__mhdr,
-                                                              struct cmsghdr *__cmsg)) {
+struct ppm_cmsghdr {
+	// Length of ppm_cmsghdr structure plus data following it.
+	size_t cmsg_len;
+	// Originating protocol.
+	int cmsg_level;
+	// Protocol specific type.
+	int cmsg_type;
+};
+
+// PPM_CMSG_* macros definitions. These macros are equivalent to the corresponding variants
+// without PPM_* prefix, but they don't depend on msghdr definition as we don't need it at the
+// moment.
+#define PPM_CMSG_FIRSTHDR(msg_control, msg_controllen)                                        \
+	((size_t)msg_controllen >= sizeof(struct ppm_cmsghdr) ? (struct ppm_cmsghdr *)msg_control \
+	                                                      : (struct ppm_cmsghdr *)0)
+
+#define PPM_CMSG_UNALIGNED_ACCESS(cmsg, field, dest) \
+	(memcpy((void *)&(dest), (cmsg) + offsetof(struct ppm_cmsghdr, field), sizeof((cmsg)->field)))
+
+#define PPM_CMSG_ALIGN(len) (((len) + sizeof(size_t) - 1) & (size_t) ~(sizeof(size_t) - 1))
+
+#define PPM_CMSG_NXTHDR(msg_control, msg_controllen, cmsg) \
+	__ppm_cmsg_nxthdr(msg_control, msg_controllen, cmsg)
+static struct ppm_cmsghdr *__ppm_cmsg_nxthdr(void const *__msg_control,
+                                             size_t __msg_controllen,
+                                             struct ppm_cmsghdr *__cmsg) {
 	size_t cmsg_len;
-	memcpy(&cmsg_len, __cmsg + offsetof(struct cmsghdr, cmsg_len), sizeof(size_t));
-	if((size_t)cmsg_len < sizeof(struct cmsghdr))
+	PPM_CMSG_UNALIGNED_ACCESS(__cmsg, cmsg_len, cmsg_len);
+	if(cmsg_len < sizeof(struct ppm_cmsghdr))
 		// The kernel header does this so there may be a reason.
-		return (struct cmsghdr *)0;
+		return (struct ppm_cmsghdr *)0;
 
-	__cmsg = (struct cmsghdr *)((unsigned char *)__cmsg + CMSG_ALIGN(cmsg_len));
-	if((unsigned char *)(__cmsg + 1) >
-	           ((unsigned char *)__mhdr->msg_control + __mhdr->msg_controllen) ||
-	   ((unsigned char *)__cmsg + CMSG_ALIGN(cmsg_len) >
-	    ((unsigned char *)__mhdr->msg_control + __mhdr->msg_controllen)))
+	__cmsg = (struct ppm_cmsghdr *)((unsigned char *)__cmsg + PPM_CMSG_ALIGN(cmsg_len));
+	if((unsigned char *)(__cmsg + 1) > ((unsigned char *)__msg_control + __msg_controllen) ||
+	   ((unsigned char *)__cmsg + PPM_CMSG_ALIGN(cmsg_len) >
+	    ((unsigned char *)__msg_control + __msg_controllen)))
 		// No more entries.
-		return (struct cmsghdr *)0;
+		return (struct ppm_cmsghdr *)0;
 	return __cmsg;
 }
-#endif  // Use `extern inline'.
 
-#if __glibc_c99_flexarr_available
-#define CMSG_DATA_NO_ALIGNED(cmsg) (cmsg + offsetof(struct cmsghdr, __cmsg_data))
-#else
-#define CMSG_DATA_NO_ALIGNED(cmsg) ((unsigned char *)((struct cmsghdr *)(cmsg) + 1))
-#endif
+#define PPM_CMSG_DATA(cmsg) ((unsigned char *)((struct ppm_cmsghdr *)(cmsg) + 1))
 
 inline void sinsp_parser::process_recvmsg_ancillary_data(sinsp_evt *evt,
                                                          sinsp_evt_param const *parinfo) const {
-	// Create a msg header to be used with CMSG_* macros.
-	msghdr msgh;
-	msgh.msg_control = (void *)parinfo->m_val;
-	msgh.msg_controllen = parinfo->m_len;
 	// Seek for SCM_RIGHTS control message headers and extract passed file descriptors.
-	for(cmsghdr *cmsg = CMSG_FIRSTHDR(&msgh); cmsg != nullptr;
-	    cmsg = CMSG_NXTHDR_NO_ALIGNED(&msgh, cmsg)) {
-		cmsghdr c;
-		memcpy(&c, cmsg, sizeof(cmsghdr));
-		int const cmsg_type = c.cmsg_type;
-		size_t const cmsg_len = c.cmsg_len;
+	void const *msg_control = (void *)parinfo->m_val;
+	size_t msg_controllen = parinfo->m_len;
+	for(ppm_cmsghdr *cmsg = PPM_CMSG_FIRSTHDR(msg_control, msg_controllen); cmsg != nullptr;
+	    cmsg = PPM_CMSG_NXTHDR(msg_control, msg_controllen, cmsg)) {
+		int cmsg_type;
+		PPM_CMSG_UNALIGNED_ACCESS(cmsg, cmsg_type, cmsg_type);
 		if(cmsg_type == SCM_RIGHTS) {
 			char error[SCAP_LASTERR_SIZE];
 			scap_threadinfo scap_tinfo{};
@@ -3718,16 +3723,18 @@ inline void sinsp_parser::process_recvmsg_ancillary_data(sinsp_evt *evt,
 			m_inspector->m_thread_manager->thread_to_scap(*evt->get_tinfo(), &scap_tinfo);
 #define SCM_MAX_FD 253  // Taken from kernel.
 			int fds[SCM_MAX_FD];
+			size_t cmsg_len;
+			PPM_CMSG_UNALIGNED_ACCESS(cmsg, cmsg_len, cmsg_len);
 			unsigned long const data_size = cmsg_len - CMSG_LEN(0);
 			unsigned long const fds_len = data_size / sizeof(int);
 			// Guard against malformed event, by checking that data size is a multiple of
-			// sizeof(int) (file descriptor size) and the control message doesn't contain more data
-			// than allowed by kernel constraints.
+			// sizeof(int) (file descriptor size) and the control message doesn't contain more
+			// data than allowed by kernel constraints.
 			if(data_size % sizeof(int) || fds_len > SCM_MAX_FD) {
 				continue;
 			}
 #undef SCM_MAX_FD
-			memcpy(&fds, CMSG_DATA_NO_ALIGNED(cmsg), data_size);
+			memcpy(&fds, PPM_CMSG_DATA(cmsg), data_size);
 			for(unsigned long i = 0; i < fds_len; i++) {
 				if(scap_get_fdinfo(m_inspector->get_scap_platform(), &scap_tinfo, fds[i], error) !=
 				   SCAP_SUCCESS) {