[PATCH bpf v4 0/4] bpf, sockmap: Fix sockmap leaking UDP socks

[PATCH bpf v4 0/4] bpf, sockmap: Fix sockmap leaking UDP socks

[Michal Luczaj]

Fix for UDP sockets getting leaked during sockmap lookup/release.
Accompanied by selftests updates.

Two Sashiko's concerns to be addressed separately:
https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260626205814.BAC3C1F000E9@smtp.kernel.org/

Signed-off-by: Michal Luczaj <mhal@rbox.co>
---
Changes in v4:
- selftest: drop redundant `if (err)` [Sashiko]
- Link to v3: https://patch.msgid.link/20260702-sockmap-lookup-udp-leak-v3-0-ff8de8782468@rbox.co

Changes in v3:
- selftest: better error handling, ASSERT_*() macros [Sashiko]
- selftest: fix grammar, reorder patches [Kuniyuki]
- Link to v2: https://patch.msgid.link/20260626-sockmap-lookup-udp-leak-v2-0-7e7e201c951a@rbox.co

Changes in v2:
- selftest: drop the original, adapt old tests
- fix: change approach to rejecting unbound UDP [Kuniyuki]
- Link to v1: https://patch.msgid.link/20260623-sockmap-lookup-udp-leak-v1-0-05804f9308e4@rbox.co

To: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
To: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
To: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
To: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
To: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
To: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@linux.dev>
To: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
To: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
To: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
To: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>
To: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
To: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>
To: Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@cloudflare.com>
To: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
To: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
To: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
To: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
To: Cong Wang <cong.wang@bytedance.com>
Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org

---
Michal Luczaj (4):
      selftests/bpf: Ensure UDP sockets are bound
      bpf, sockmap: Reject unhashed UDP sockets on sockmap update
      selftests/bpf: Adapt sockmap update error handling
      selftests/bpf: Fail unbound UDP on sockmap update

 net/core/sock_map.c                                 |  2 ++
 .../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sockmap_basic.c        |  6 +++---
 .../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sockmap_listen.c       | 21 +++++++++++----------
 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_maps.c             | 13 ++++++-------
 4 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: 17566290dc802b03a8127729b19c5962d63a7947
change-id: 20260617-sockmap-lookup-udp-leak-bc4e5c5481d7

Best regards,
--  
Michal Luczaj <mhal@rbox.co>

[PATCH bpf v4 1/4] selftests/bpf: Ensure UDP sockets are bound

[Michal Luczaj]

Update sockmap_basic tests to bind sockets before they are used. This
accommodates the recent change in sockmap that rejects unbound UDP sockets.

Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@cloudflare.com>
Signed-off-by: Michal Luczaj <mhal@rbox.co>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sockmap_basic.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sockmap_basic.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sockmap_basic.c
index cb3229711f93..2d22a9058a8e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sockmap_basic.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sockmap_basic.c
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ static void test_sockmap_many_socket(void)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	udp = xsocket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM | SOCK_NONBLOCK, 0);
+	udp = socket_loopback(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM | SOCK_NONBLOCK);
 	if (udp < 0) {
 		close(dgram);
 		close(tcp);
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ static void test_sockmap_many_maps(void)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	udp = xsocket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM | SOCK_NONBLOCK, 0);
+	udp = socket_loopback(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM | SOCK_NONBLOCK);
 	if (udp < 0) {
 		close(dgram);
 		close(tcp);
@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ static void test_sockmap_same_sock(void)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	udp = xsocket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM | SOCK_NONBLOCK, 0);
+	udp = socket_loopback(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM | SOCK_NONBLOCK);
 	if (udp < 0) {
 		close(dgram);
 		close(tcp);

-- 
2.55.0

[PATCH bpf v4 2/4] bpf, sockmap: Reject unhashed UDP sockets on sockmap update

[Michal Luczaj]

UDP sockets get SOCK_RCU_FREE set when (auto-)bound. This means
sk_is_refcounted(unbound) = true, while sk_is_refcounted(bound) = false.

Because sockmap accepts unbound UDP sockets, a BPF program can increment a
socket's refcount via lookup. If the socket is subsequently bound, the
transition from unbound to bound causes bpf_sk_release() to skip the
decrement of the refcount, causing a memory leak.

unreferenced object 0xffff88810bc2eb40 (size 1984):
  comm "test_progs", pid 2451, jiffies 4295320596
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    7f 00 00 01 7f 00 00 01 d2 04 1b b7 04 d2 00 00  ................
    02 00 01 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ...@............
  backtrace (crc bdee079d):
    kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x557/0x660
    sk_prot_alloc+0x69/0x240
    sk_alloc+0x30/0x460
    inet_create+0x2ce/0xf80
    __sock_create+0x25b/0x5c0
    __sys_socket+0x119/0x1d0
    __x64_sys_socket+0x72/0xd0
    do_syscall_64+0xa1/0x5f0
    entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

Instead of special-casing for refcounted sockets, reject unhashed UDP
sockets during sockmap updates, as there is no benefit to supporting those.
This effectively reverts the commit under Fixes, with two exceptions:

1. sock_map_sk_state_allowed() maintains a fall-through `return true`.
2. In the spirit of commit b8b8315e39ff ("bpf, sockmap: Remove unhash
   handler for BPF sockmap usage"), the proto::unhash BPF handler is not
   reintroduced.

Historical note: this issue is related to commit 67312adc96b5 ("bpf: reject
unhashed sockets in bpf_sk_assign").

Fixes: 0c48eefae712 ("sock_map: Lift socket state restriction for datagram sockets")
Suggested-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@cloudflare.com>
Reviewed-by: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michal Luczaj <mhal@rbox.co>
---
 net/core/sock_map.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/core/sock_map.c b/net/core/sock_map.c
index c60ba6d292f9..9efbd8ca7db8 100644
--- a/net/core/sock_map.c
+++ b/net/core/sock_map.c
@@ -542,6 +542,8 @@ static bool sock_map_sk_state_allowed(const struct sock *sk)
 {
 	if (sk_is_tcp(sk))
 		return (1 << sk->sk_state) & (TCPF_ESTABLISHED | TCPF_LISTEN);
+	if (sk_is_udp(sk))
+		return sk_hashed(sk);
 	if (sk_is_stream_unix(sk))
 		return (1 << READ_ONCE(sk->sk_state)) & TCPF_ESTABLISHED;
 	if (sk_is_vsock(sk) &&

-- 
2.55.0

Re: [PATCH bpf v4 2/4] bpf, sockmap: Reject unhashed UDP sockets on sockmap update

[sashiko-bot]

Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:

Pre-existing issues:
- [High] The patch prevents a refcount leak for UDP sockets by rejecting unhashed sockets, but an identical reference count leak can be triggered for TCP sockets because `sk_is_refcounted()` relies on the mutable `SOCK_RCU_FREE` flag.
--

--- Patch [2]: [PATCH bpf v4 2/4] bpf, sockmap: Reject unhashed UDP sockets on sockmap update ---
commit efe688dfced966a49066087e860ab73696a8f75a
Author: Michal Luczaj <mhal@rbox.co>
Date:   Tue Jul 7 04:23:57 2026 +0000

bpf, sockmap: Reject unhashed UDP sockets on sockmap update

This patch addresses a socket reference count leak by preventing unhashed UDP
sockets from being updated in sockmaps. It removes the ability for BPF programs
to increment a refcount on an unbound socket that subsequently gets bound and
skips the refcount decrement upon release.

> diff --git a/net/core/sock_map.c b/net/core/sock_map.c
> --- a/net/core/sock_map.c
> +++ b/net/core/sock_map.c
> @@ -542,6 +542,8 @@ static bool sock_map_sk_state_allowed(const struct sock *sk)
>  {
>  	if (sk_is_tcp(sk))
>  		return (1 << sk->sk_state) & (TCPF_ESTABLISHED | TCPF_LISTEN);

[Severity: High]
This is a pre-existing issue, but can the exact same reference count leak
happen for TCP sockets because sk_is_refcounted() relies on the mutable
SOCK_RCU_FREE flag?

If a user creates a TCP socket, connects it (entering TCP_ESTABLISHED), and
adds it to a sockmap, a BPF program can call bpf_map_lookup_elem() on the
sockmap. This increments the socket's refcount because SOCK_RCU_FREE is not
set on established sockets.

If a user thread concurrently calls connect(AF_UNSPEC) to disconnect the
socket (moving it to TCP_CLOSE and removing it from the map), and then calls
listen() on the same socket, inet_hash() unconditionally sets the
SOCK_RCU_FREE flag.

When the BPF program subsequently calls bpf_sk_release(sk):

net/core/filter.c:bpf_sk_release() {
    ...
    if (sk && sk_is_refcounted(sk))
        sock_gen_put(sk);
    ...
}

sk_is_refcounted(sk) will now return false because SOCK_RCU_FREE is set,
causing bpf_sk_release() to skip the decrement and permanently leak the
acquired reference. 

Could this sequence be abused to cause memory exhaustion, and is there a way
to safely track the acquired references without relying on a flag that might
change mid-flight?

> +	if (sk_is_udp(sk))
> +		return sk_hashed(sk);
>  	if (sk_is_stream_unix(sk))
>  		return (1 << READ_ONCE(sk->sk_state)) & TCPF_ESTABLISHED;
[ ... ]

-- 
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[PATCH bpf v4 3/4] selftests/bpf: Adapt sockmap update error handling

[Michal Luczaj]

Update sockmap_listen to accommodate the recent change in sockmap that
rejects unbound UDP sockets.

TCP: Reject unbound and bound (unless established or listening).
UDP: Accept only bound sockets.

While at it, migrate to ASSERT_* and enforce reverse xmas tree.

Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@cloudflare.com>
Signed-off-by: Michal Luczaj <mhal@rbox.co>
---
 .../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sockmap_listen.c       | 21 +++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sockmap_listen.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sockmap_listen.c
index cc0c68bab907..1c96a3cf4b97 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sockmap_listen.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sockmap_listen.c
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ static void test_insert_opened(struct test_sockmap_listen *skel __always_unused,
 			       int family, int sotype, int mapfd)
 {
 	u32 key = 0;
-	u64 value;
 	int err, s;
+	u64 value;
 
 	s = xsocket(family, sotype, 0);
 	if (s == -1)
@@ -63,11 +63,8 @@ static void test_insert_opened(struct test_sockmap_listen *skel __always_unused,
 	errno = 0;
 	value = s;
 	err = bpf_map_update_elem(mapfd, &key, &value, BPF_NOEXIST);
-	if (sotype == SOCK_STREAM) {
-		if (!err || errno != EOPNOTSUPP)
-			FAIL_ERRNO("map_update: expected EOPNOTSUPP");
-	} else if (err)
-		FAIL_ERRNO("map_update: expected success");
+	ASSERT_ERR(err, "map_update");
+	ASSERT_EQ(errno, EOPNOTSUPP, "errno");
 	xclose(s);
 }
 
@@ -77,8 +74,8 @@ static void test_insert_bound(struct test_sockmap_listen *skel __always_unused,
 	struct sockaddr_storage addr;
 	socklen_t len = 0;
 	u32 key = 0;
-	u64 value;
 	int err, s;
+	u64 value;
 
 	init_addr_loopback(family, &addr, &len);
 
@@ -93,8 +90,12 @@ static void test_insert_bound(struct test_sockmap_listen *skel __always_unused,
 	errno = 0;
 	value = s;
 	err = bpf_map_update_elem(mapfd, &key, &value, BPF_NOEXIST);
-	if (!err || errno != EOPNOTSUPP)
-		FAIL_ERRNO("map_update: expected EOPNOTSUPP");
+	if (sotype == SOCK_STREAM) {
+		ASSERT_ERR(err, "map_update");
+		ASSERT_EQ(errno, EOPNOTSUPP, "errno");
+	} else {
+		ASSERT_OK(err, "map_update");
+	}
 close:
 	xclose(s);
 }
@@ -1289,7 +1290,7 @@ static void test_ops(struct test_sockmap_listen *skel, struct bpf_map *map,
 		/* insert */
 		TEST(test_insert_invalid),
 		TEST(test_insert_opened),
-		TEST(test_insert_bound, SOCK_STREAM),
+		TEST(test_insert_bound),
 		TEST(test_insert),
 		/* delete */
 		TEST(test_delete_after_insert),

-- 
2.55.0

[PATCH bpf v4 4/4] selftests/bpf: Fail unbound UDP on sockmap update

[Michal Luczaj]

sockmap now rejects unbound UDP sockets. Adjust test_maps. While at it,
check socket()'s return value.

This effectively reverts commit c39aa2159974 ("bpf, selftests: Fix
test_maps now that sockmap supports UDP").

Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@cloudflare.com>
Signed-off-by: Michal Luczaj <mhal@rbox.co>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_maps.c | 13 ++++++-------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_maps.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_maps.c
index c32da7bd8be2..6a2641ee7897 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_maps.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_maps.c
@@ -759,16 +759,15 @@ static void test_sockmap(unsigned int tasks, void *data)
 		goto out_sockmap;
 	}
 
-	/* Test update with unsupported UDP socket */
+	/* Test update with unsupported unbound UDP socket */
 	udp = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
-	i = 0;
-	err = bpf_map_update_elem(fd, &i, &udp, BPF_ANY);
-	if (err) {
-		printf("Failed socket update SOCK_DGRAM '%i:%i'\n",
-		       i, udp);
+	CHECK(udp < 0, "socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM)", "errno:%d\n", errno);
+	err = bpf_map_update_elem(fd, &(int){0}, &udp, BPF_ANY);
+	close(udp);
+	if (!err) {
+		printf("Unexpectedly succeeded unbound UDP update '0:%i'\n", udp);
 		goto out_sockmap;
 	}
-	close(udp);
 
 	/* Test update without programs */
 	for (i = 0; i < 6; i++) {

-- 
2.55.0

Re: [PATCH bpf v4 4/4] selftests/bpf: Fail unbound UDP on sockmap update

[sashiko-bot]

Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [Low] Usage of the deprecated CHECK() macro in new patch code.
--

--- Patch [4]: [PATCH bpf v4 4/4] selftests/bpf: Fail unbound UDP on sockmap update ---
commit 97dab8be7b651b7cede0184ca7321b97bf080f13
Author: Michal Luczaj <mhal@rbox.co>

selftests/bpf: Fail unbound UDP on sockmap update

This commit adjusts test_maps to reflect that sockmap now rejects unbound
UDP sockets. It adds a check for the socket() return value and effectively
reverts an earlier commit.

> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_maps.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_maps.c
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_maps.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_maps.c
> @@ -759,16 +759,15 @@ static void test_sockmap(unsigned int tasks, void *data)
>  		goto out_sockmap;
>  	}
>  
> -	/* Test update with unsupported UDP socket */
> +	/* Test update with unsupported unbound UDP socket */
>  	udp = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
> -	i = 0;
> -	err = bpf_map_update_elem(fd, &i, &udp, BPF_ANY);
> -	if (err) {
> -		printf("Failed socket update SOCK_DGRAM '%i:%i'\n",
> -		       i, udp);
> +	CHECK(udp < 0, "socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM)", "errno:%d\n", errno);

[Severity: Low]
This isn't a bug, but could we use ASSERT_OK_FD() or ASSERT_GE() instead of
the deprecated CHECK() macro here? 

The BPF subsystem coding guidelines prefer using the modern ASSERT_* family
of macros for new tests and updates.

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