From: Aldo Ariel Panzardo <qwe.aldo@gmail.com>
To: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
Cc: virtualization@lists.linux.dev, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
Aldo Ariel Panzardo <qwe.aldo@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] vsock: ignore empty child namespace mode writes
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 11:15:47 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260915141547.3010692-1-qwe.aldo@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260915111417.2726515-1-qwe.aldo@gmail.com>
__vsock_net_mode_string() returns success without updating new_mode when
the transfer length is zero. Its caller then reads the uninitialized enum
and may permanently store a stack-derived value in the write-once child
mode.
Return before inspecting or storing new_mode when no bytes were
transferred. This also prevents an empty write from locking the current
mode.
Fixes: eafb64f40ca4 ("vsock: add netns to vsock core")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Aldo Ariel Panzardo <qwe.aldo@gmail.com>
---
net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
index 622dbd0467..816d25b314 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
@@ -2883,6 +2883,8 @@ static int vsock_net_child_mode_string(const struct ctl_table *table, int write,
vsock_net_child_mode(net), &new_mode);
if (ret)
return ret;
+ if (!*lenp)
+ return 0;
if (write) {
/* Prevent a "local" namespace from escalating to "global",
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-15 14:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-15 11:14 [PATCH] vsock: preserve child namespace mode on an empty write Aldo Ariel Panzardo
2026-09-15 11:21 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-15 14:15 ` Aldo Ariel Panzardo [this message]
2026-09-15 14:22 ` [PATCH v2] vsock: ignore empty child namespace mode writes sashiko-bot
2026-09-15 16:32 ` Luigi Leonardi
2026-09-15 16:57 ` Stefano Garzarella
2026-09-15 16:50 ` Stefano Garzarella
2026-09-15 17:29 ` Aldo Ariel Panzardo
2026-09-15 17:30 ` [PATCH v3] " Aldo Ariel Panzardo
2026-09-15 17:39 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-16 15:38 ` Stefano Garzarella
2026-09-16 16:53 ` Bobby Eshleman
2026-09-18 2:10 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
2026-09-17 14:20 ` [PATCH] vsock: preserve child namespace mode on an empty write netdev-bot+sashiko
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