[PATCH v2 0/4] address tls_alert_recv usage by NFS and NvME

[PATCH v2 0/4] address tls_alert_recv usage by NFS and NvME

[Olga Kornievskaia]

v2: patch#3 changed to remove unused recv_cbuf member of nvmet_tcp_cmd

This is a multi-component patch series: NFS client, NFS server,
NvME (target), net.

tls_alert_recv() has been originally written to retrieve TLS alert
payload out of the msg iterator's kvec buffer. Yet, the callers of
tls_alert_recv() have not been careful enough to make sure that
msg has always been initialized with a kvec-backed iterator (ie.,
some times bvec was used). Furthermore, callers didn't account
for the fact that the msg iterator's kvec is advanced by sock_recvmsg
upon filling up the provided space by the copy. All that lead to
the ability to construct a malicious payload that would trigger
badness in tls_alert_recv().

This patch series attempts to address it in a couple of steps.
First, there are patches for each of the current consumers (NFS
server, NFS client, NvME target) of tls_alert_recv to address
an immediate problem which I think should be backported.

Note, patch#3 is NvME patch that had no testing. Compile only patch.

Second, the last patch builds on top of the fixes but changes
tls_alert_recv to force the callers to provide the kvec directly
in hopes that any future users of tls_alert_recv would be more
congnizant of providing location to the actual TLS alert payload.

Again note that nvme changes in patch#4 are compile only.

Olga Kornievskaia (4):
  sunrpc: fix handling of server side tls alerts
  sunrpc: fix client side handling of tls alerts
  nvmet-tcp: fix handling of tls alerts
  net/handshake: change tls_alert_recv to receive a kvec

Olga Kornievskaia (4):
  sunrpc: fix handling of server side tls alerts
  sunrpc: fix client side handling of tls alerts
  nvmet-tcp: fix handling of tls alerts
  net/handshake: change tls_alert_recv to receive a kvec

 drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c | 38 ++++++++++++++------------
 include/net/handshake.h   |  2 +-
 net/handshake/alert.c     |  6 ++---
 net/sunrpc/svcsock.c      | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c     | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 5 files changed, 101 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)

-- 
2.47.1

[PATCH v2 1/4] sunrpc: fix handling of server side tls alerts

[Olga Kornievskaia]

Scott Mayhew discovered a security exploit in NFS over TLS in
tls_alert_recv() due to its assumption it can read data from
the msg iterator's kvec..

kTLS implementation splits TLS non-data record payload between
the control message buffer (which includes the type such as TLS
aler or TLS cipher change) and the rest of the payload (say TLS
alert's level/description) which goes into the msg payload buffer.

This patch proposes to rework how control messages are setup and
used by sock_recvmsg().

If no control message structure is setup, kTLS layer will read and
process TLS data record types. As soon as it encounters a TLS control
message, it would return an error. At that point, NFS can setup a
kvec backed msg buffer and read in the control message such as a
TLS alert. Scott found that msg iterator can advance the kvec
pointer as a part of the copy process thus we need to revert the
iterator before calling into the tls_alert_recv.

Reported-by: Scott Mayhew <smayhew@redhat.com>
Fixes: 5e052dda121e ("SUNRPC: Recognize control messages in server-side TCP socket code")
Suggested-by: Trond Myklebust <trondmy@hammerspace.com>
Suggested-by: Scott Mayhew <smayhew@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Olga Kornievskaia <okorniev@redhat.com>
---
 net/sunrpc/svcsock.c | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
index 46c156b121db..e2c5e0e626f9 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
@@ -257,20 +257,47 @@ svc_tcp_sock_process_cmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 }
 
 static int
-svc_tcp_sock_recv_cmsg(struct svc_sock *svsk, struct msghdr *msg)
+svc_tcp_sock_recv_cmsg(struct socket *sock, unsigned int *msg_flags)
 {
 	union {
 		struct cmsghdr	cmsg;
 		u8		buf[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(u8))];
 	} u;
-	struct socket *sock = svsk->sk_sock;
+	u8 alert[2];
+	struct kvec alert_kvec = {
+		.iov_base = alert,
+		.iov_len = sizeof(alert),
+	};
+	struct msghdr msg = {
+		.msg_flags = *msg_flags,
+		.msg_control = &u,
+		.msg_controllen = sizeof(u),
+	};
+	int ret;
+
+	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, ITER_DEST, &alert_kvec, 1,
+		      alert_kvec.iov_len);
+	ret = sock_recvmsg(sock, &msg, MSG_DONTWAIT);
+	if (ret > 0 &&
+	    tls_get_record_type(sock->sk, &u.cmsg) == TLS_RECORD_TYPE_ALERT) {
+		iov_iter_revert(&msg.msg_iter, ret);
+		ret = svc_tcp_sock_process_cmsg(sock, &msg, &u.cmsg, -EAGAIN);
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int
+svc_tcp_sock_recvmsg(struct svc_sock *svsk, struct msghdr *msg)
+{
 	int ret;
+	struct socket *sock = svsk->sk_sock;
 
-	msg->msg_control = &u;
-	msg->msg_controllen = sizeof(u);
 	ret = sock_recvmsg(sock, msg, MSG_DONTWAIT);
-	if (unlikely(msg->msg_controllen != sizeof(u)))
-		ret = svc_tcp_sock_process_cmsg(sock, msg, &u.cmsg, ret);
+	if (msg->msg_flags & MSG_CTRUNC) {
+		msg->msg_flags &= ~(MSG_CTRUNC | MSG_EOR);
+		if (ret == 0 || ret == -EIO)
+			ret = svc_tcp_sock_recv_cmsg(sock, &msg->msg_flags);
+	}
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -321,7 +348,7 @@ static ssize_t svc_tcp_read_msg(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, size_t buflen,
 		iov_iter_advance(&msg.msg_iter, seek);
 		buflen -= seek;
 	}
-	len = svc_tcp_sock_recv_cmsg(svsk, &msg);
+	len = svc_tcp_sock_recvmsg(svsk, &msg);
 	if (len > 0)
 		svc_flush_bvec(bvec, len, seek);
 
@@ -1018,7 +1045,7 @@ static ssize_t svc_tcp_read_marker(struct svc_sock *svsk,
 		iov.iov_base = ((char *)&svsk->sk_marker) + svsk->sk_tcplen;
 		iov.iov_len  = want;
 		iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, ITER_DEST, &iov, 1, want);
-		len = svc_tcp_sock_recv_cmsg(svsk, &msg);
+		len = svc_tcp_sock_recvmsg(svsk, &msg);
 		if (len < 0)
 			return len;
 		svsk->sk_tcplen += len;
-- 
2.47.1

[PATCH v2 2/4] sunrpc: fix client side handling of tls alerts

[Olga Kornievskaia]

A security exploit was discovered in NFS over TLS in tls_alert_recv
due to its assumption that there is valid data in the msghdr's
iterator's kvec.

Instead, this patch proposes the rework how control messages are
setup and used by sock_recvmsg().

If no control message structure is setup, kTLS layer will read and
process TLS data record types. As soon as it encounters a TLS control
message, it would return an error. At that point, NFS can setup a kvec
backed control buffer and read in the control message such as a TLS
alert. Scott found that a msg iterator can advance the kvec pointer
as a part of the copy process thus we need to revert the iterator
before calling into the tls_alert_recv.

Fixes: dea034b963c8 ("SUNRPC: Capture CMSG metadata on client-side receive")
Suggested-by: Trond Myklebust <trondmy@hammerspace.com>
Suggested-by: Scott Mayhew <smayhew@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Olga Kornievskaia <okorniev@redhat.com>
---
 net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index 04ff66758fc3..c5f7bbf5775f 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ xs_alloc_sparse_pages(struct xdr_buf *buf, size_t want, gfp_t gfp)
 
 static int
 xs_sock_process_cmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
-		     struct cmsghdr *cmsg, int ret)
+		     unsigned int *msg_flags, struct cmsghdr *cmsg, int ret)
 {
 	u8 content_type = tls_get_record_type(sock->sk, cmsg);
 	u8 level, description;
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ xs_sock_process_cmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 		 * record, even though there might be more frames
 		 * waiting to be decrypted.
 		 */
-		msg->msg_flags &= ~MSG_EOR;
+		*msg_flags &= ~MSG_EOR;
 		break;
 	case TLS_RECORD_TYPE_ALERT:
 		tls_alert_recv(sock->sk, msg, &level, &description);
@@ -386,19 +386,33 @@ xs_sock_process_cmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 }
 
 static int
-xs_sock_recv_cmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, int flags)
+xs_sock_recv_cmsg(struct socket *sock, unsigned int *msg_flags, int flags)
 {
 	union {
 		struct cmsghdr	cmsg;
 		u8		buf[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(u8))];
 	} u;
+	u8 alert[2];
+	struct kvec alert_kvec = {
+		.iov_base = alert,
+		.iov_len = sizeof(alert),
+	};
+	struct msghdr msg = {
+		.msg_flags = *msg_flags,
+		.msg_control = &u,
+		.msg_controllen = sizeof(u),
+	};
 	int ret;
 
-	msg->msg_control = &u;
-	msg->msg_controllen = sizeof(u);
-	ret = sock_recvmsg(sock, msg, flags);
-	if (msg->msg_controllen != sizeof(u))
-		ret = xs_sock_process_cmsg(sock, msg, &u.cmsg, ret);
+	iov_iter_kvec(&msg.msg_iter, ITER_DEST, &alert_kvec, 1,
+		      alert_kvec.iov_len);
+	ret = sock_recvmsg(sock, &msg, flags);
+	if (ret > 0 &&
+	    tls_get_record_type(sock->sk, &u.cmsg) == TLS_RECORD_TYPE_ALERT) {
+		iov_iter_revert(&msg.msg_iter, ret);
+		ret = xs_sock_process_cmsg(sock, &msg, msg_flags, &u.cmsg,
+					   -EAGAIN);
+	}
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -408,7 +422,13 @@ xs_sock_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, int flags, size_t seek)
 	ssize_t ret;
 	if (seek != 0)
 		iov_iter_advance(&msg->msg_iter, seek);
-	ret = xs_sock_recv_cmsg(sock, msg, flags);
+	ret = sock_recvmsg(sock, msg, flags);
+	/* Handle TLS inband control message lazily */
+	if (msg->msg_flags & MSG_CTRUNC) {
+		msg->msg_flags &= ~(MSG_CTRUNC | MSG_EOR);
+		if (ret == 0 || ret == -EIO)
+			ret = xs_sock_recv_cmsg(sock, &msg->msg_flags, flags);
+	}
 	return ret > 0 ? ret + seek : ret;
 }
 
@@ -434,7 +454,7 @@ xs_read_discard(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, int flags,
 		size_t count)
 {
 	iov_iter_discard(&msg->msg_iter, ITER_DEST, count);
-	return xs_sock_recv_cmsg(sock, msg, flags);
+	return xs_sock_recvmsg(sock, msg, flags, 0);
 }
 
 #if ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE
-- 
2.47.1

[PATCH v2 3/4] nvmet-tcp: fix handling of tls alerts

[Olga Kornievskaia]

Revert kvec msg iterator before trying to process a TLS alert
when possible.

In nvmet_tcp_try_recv_data(), it's assumed that no msg control
message buffer is set prior to sock_recvmsg(). Hannes suggested
that upon detecting that TLS control message is received log a
message and error out. Left comments in the code for the future
improvements.

Fixes: a1c5dd8355b1 ("nvmet-tcp: control messages for recvmsg()")
Suggested-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecky <hare@susu.de>
Signed-off-by: Olga Kornievskaia <okorniev@redhat.com>
---
 drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c b/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
index 688033b88d38..98cee10de713 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ struct nvmet_tcp_cmd {
 	u32				pdu_len;
 	u32				pdu_recv;
 	int				sg_idx;
-	char				recv_cbuf[CMSG_LEN(sizeof(char))];
 	struct msghdr			recv_msg;
 	struct bio_vec			*iov;
 	u32				flags;
@@ -1161,6 +1160,7 @@ static int nvmet_tcp_try_recv_pdu(struct nvmet_tcp_queue *queue)
 	if (unlikely(len < 0))
 		return len;
 	if (queue->tls_pskid) {
+		iov_iter_revert(&msg.msg_iter, len);
 		ret = nvmet_tcp_tls_record_ok(queue, &msg, cbuf);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
@@ -1217,19 +1217,28 @@ static void nvmet_tcp_prep_recv_ddgst(struct nvmet_tcp_cmd *cmd)
 static int nvmet_tcp_try_recv_data(struct nvmet_tcp_queue *queue)
 {
 	struct nvmet_tcp_cmd  *cmd = queue->cmd;
-	int len, ret;
+	int len;
 
 	while (msg_data_left(&cmd->recv_msg)) {
+		/* to detect that we received a TlS alert, we assumed that
+		 * cmg->recv_msg's control buffer is not setup. kTLS will
+		 * return an error when no control buffer is set and
+		 * non-tls-data payload is received.
+		 */
 		len = sock_recvmsg(cmd->queue->sock, &cmd->recv_msg,
 			cmd->recv_msg.msg_flags);
+		if (cmd->recv_msg.msg_flags & MSG_CTRUNC) {
+			if (len == 0 || len == -EIO) {
+				pr_err("queue %d: unhandled control message\n",
+				       queue->idx);
+				/* note that unconsumed TLS control message such
+				 * as TLS alert is still on the socket.
+				 */
+				return -EAGAIN;
+			}
+		}
 		if (len <= 0)
 			return len;
-		if (queue->tls_pskid) {
-			ret = nvmet_tcp_tls_record_ok(cmd->queue,
-					&cmd->recv_msg, cmd->recv_cbuf);
-			if (ret < 0)
-				return ret;
-		}
 
 		cmd->pdu_recv += len;
 		cmd->rbytes_done += len;
@@ -1267,6 +1276,7 @@ static int nvmet_tcp_try_recv_ddgst(struct nvmet_tcp_queue *queue)
 	if (unlikely(len < 0))
 		return len;
 	if (queue->tls_pskid) {
+		iov_iter_revert(&msg.msg_iter, len);
 		ret = nvmet_tcp_tls_record_ok(queue, &msg, cbuf);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
@@ -1453,10 +1463,6 @@ static int nvmet_tcp_alloc_cmd(struct nvmet_tcp_queue *queue,
 	if (!c->r2t_pdu)
 		goto out_free_data;
 
-	if (queue->state == NVMET_TCP_Q_TLS_HANDSHAKE) {
-		c->recv_msg.msg_control = c->recv_cbuf;
-		c->recv_msg.msg_controllen = sizeof(c->recv_cbuf);
-	}
 	c->recv_msg.msg_flags = MSG_DONTWAIT | MSG_NOSIGNAL;
 
 	list_add_tail(&c->entry, &queue->free_list);
@@ -1736,6 +1742,7 @@ static int nvmet_tcp_try_peek_pdu(struct nvmet_tcp_queue *queue)
 		return len;
 	}
 
+	iov_iter_revert(&msg.msg_iter, len);
 	ret = nvmet_tcp_tls_record_ok(queue, &msg, cbuf);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
-- 
2.47.1

Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] nvmet-tcp: fix handling of tls alerts

[Olga Kornievskaia]

Dear NvME maintainers,

Are there objections to this patch? What's the path forward to
including it in the nvme code.

Thank you.

On Thu, Jul 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM Olga Kornievskaia <okorniev@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> Revert kvec msg iterator before trying to process a TLS alert
> when possible.
>
> In nvmet_tcp_try_recv_data(), it's assumed that no msg control
> message buffer is set prior to sock_recvmsg(). Hannes suggested
> that upon detecting that TLS control message is received log a
> message and error out. Left comments in the code for the future
> improvements.
>
> Fixes: a1c5dd8355b1 ("nvmet-tcp: control messages for recvmsg()")
> Suggested-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
> Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecky <hare@susu.de>
> Signed-off-by: Olga Kornievskaia <okorniev@redhat.com>
> ---
>  drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++------------
>  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c b/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
> index 688033b88d38..98cee10de713 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
> @@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ struct nvmet_tcp_cmd {
>         u32                             pdu_len;
>         u32                             pdu_recv;
>         int                             sg_idx;
> -       char                            recv_cbuf[CMSG_LEN(sizeof(char))];
>         struct msghdr                   recv_msg;
>         struct bio_vec                  *iov;
>         u32                             flags;
> @@ -1161,6 +1160,7 @@ static int nvmet_tcp_try_recv_pdu(struct nvmet_tcp_queue *queue)
>         if (unlikely(len < 0))
>                 return len;
>         if (queue->tls_pskid) {
> +               iov_iter_revert(&msg.msg_iter, len);
>                 ret = nvmet_tcp_tls_record_ok(queue, &msg, cbuf);
>                 if (ret < 0)
>                         return ret;
> @@ -1217,19 +1217,28 @@ static void nvmet_tcp_prep_recv_ddgst(struct nvmet_tcp_cmd *cmd)
>  static int nvmet_tcp_try_recv_data(struct nvmet_tcp_queue *queue)
>  {
>         struct nvmet_tcp_cmd  *cmd = queue->cmd;
> -       int len, ret;
> +       int len;
>
>         while (msg_data_left(&cmd->recv_msg)) {
> +               /* to detect that we received a TlS alert, we assumed that
> +                * cmg->recv_msg's control buffer is not setup. kTLS will
> +                * return an error when no control buffer is set and
> +                * non-tls-data payload is received.
> +                */
>                 len = sock_recvmsg(cmd->queue->sock, &cmd->recv_msg,
>                         cmd->recv_msg.msg_flags);
> +               if (cmd->recv_msg.msg_flags & MSG_CTRUNC) {
> +                       if (len == 0 || len == -EIO) {
> +                               pr_err("queue %d: unhandled control message\n",
> +                                      queue->idx);
> +                               /* note that unconsumed TLS control message such
> +                                * as TLS alert is still on the socket.
> +                                */
> +                               return -EAGAIN;
> +                       }
> +               }
>                 if (len <= 0)
>                         return len;
> -               if (queue->tls_pskid) {
> -                       ret = nvmet_tcp_tls_record_ok(cmd->queue,
> -                                       &cmd->recv_msg, cmd->recv_cbuf);
> -                       if (ret < 0)
> -                               return ret;
> -               }
>
>                 cmd->pdu_recv += len;
>                 cmd->rbytes_done += len;
> @@ -1267,6 +1276,7 @@ static int nvmet_tcp_try_recv_ddgst(struct nvmet_tcp_queue *queue)
>         if (unlikely(len < 0))
>                 return len;
>         if (queue->tls_pskid) {
> +               iov_iter_revert(&msg.msg_iter, len);
>                 ret = nvmet_tcp_tls_record_ok(queue, &msg, cbuf);
>                 if (ret < 0)
>                         return ret;
> @@ -1453,10 +1463,6 @@ static int nvmet_tcp_alloc_cmd(struct nvmet_tcp_queue *queue,
>         if (!c->r2t_pdu)
>                 goto out_free_data;
>
> -       if (queue->state == NVMET_TCP_Q_TLS_HANDSHAKE) {
> -               c->recv_msg.msg_control = c->recv_cbuf;
> -               c->recv_msg.msg_controllen = sizeof(c->recv_cbuf);
> -       }
>         c->recv_msg.msg_flags = MSG_DONTWAIT | MSG_NOSIGNAL;
>
>         list_add_tail(&c->entry, &queue->free_list);
> @@ -1736,6 +1742,7 @@ static int nvmet_tcp_try_peek_pdu(struct nvmet_tcp_queue *queue)
>                 return len;
>         }
>
> +       iov_iter_revert(&msg.msg_iter, len);
>         ret = nvmet_tcp_tls_record_ok(queue, &msg, cbuf);
>         if (ret < 0)
>                 return ret;
> --
> 2.47.1
>
>

[PATCH v2 4/4] net/handshake: change tls_alert_recv to receive a kvec

[Olga Kornievskaia]

Instead of trying to read the data from the msg iterator,
callers to tls_alert_recv() need to pass in a kvec directly.

Signed-off-by: Olga Kornievskaia <okorniev@redhat.com>
---
 drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c | 13 +++++--------
 include/net/handshake.h   |  2 +-
 net/handshake/alert.c     |  6 +++---
 net/sunrpc/svcsock.c      | 17 ++++++++---------
 net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c     | 19 +++++++++----------
 5 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c b/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
index 98cee10de713..7ea8644de622 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ static inline bool nvmet_tcp_pdu_valid(u8 type)
 }
 
 static int nvmet_tcp_tls_record_ok(struct nvmet_tcp_queue *queue,
-		struct msghdr *msg, char *cbuf)
+		struct kvec *iov, char *cbuf)
 {
 	struct cmsghdr *cmsg = (struct cmsghdr *)cbuf;
 	u8 ctype, level, description;
@@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@ static int nvmet_tcp_tls_record_ok(struct nvmet_tcp_queue *queue,
 	case TLS_RECORD_TYPE_DATA:
 		break;
 	case TLS_RECORD_TYPE_ALERT:
-		tls_alert_recv(queue->sock->sk, msg, &level, &description);
+		tls_alert_recv(queue->sock->sk, iov, &level, &description);
 		if (level == TLS_ALERT_LEVEL_FATAL) {
 			pr_err("queue %d: TLS Alert desc %u\n",
 			       queue->idx, description);
@@ -1160,8 +1160,7 @@ static int nvmet_tcp_try_recv_pdu(struct nvmet_tcp_queue *queue)
 	if (unlikely(len < 0))
 		return len;
 	if (queue->tls_pskid) {
-		iov_iter_revert(&msg.msg_iter, len);
-		ret = nvmet_tcp_tls_record_ok(queue, &msg, cbuf);
+		ret = nvmet_tcp_tls_record_ok(queue, &iov, cbuf);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
 	}
@@ -1276,8 +1275,7 @@ static int nvmet_tcp_try_recv_ddgst(struct nvmet_tcp_queue *queue)
 	if (unlikely(len < 0))
 		return len;
 	if (queue->tls_pskid) {
-		iov_iter_revert(&msg.msg_iter, len);
-		ret = nvmet_tcp_tls_record_ok(queue, &msg, cbuf);
+		ret = nvmet_tcp_tls_record_ok(queue, &iov, cbuf);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
 	}
@@ -1742,8 +1740,7 @@ static int nvmet_tcp_try_peek_pdu(struct nvmet_tcp_queue *queue)
 		return len;
 	}
 
-	iov_iter_revert(&msg.msg_iter, len);
-	ret = nvmet_tcp_tls_record_ok(queue, &msg, cbuf);
+	ret = nvmet_tcp_tls_record_ok(queue, &iov, cbuf);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
diff --git a/include/net/handshake.h b/include/net/handshake.h
index 8ebd4f9ed26e..33ffc8e88923 100644
--- a/include/net/handshake.h
+++ b/include/net/handshake.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ bool tls_handshake_cancel(struct sock *sk);
 void tls_handshake_close(struct socket *sock);
 
 u8 tls_get_record_type(const struct sock *sk, const struct cmsghdr *msg);
-void tls_alert_recv(const struct sock *sk, const struct msghdr *msg,
+void tls_alert_recv(const struct sock *sk, const struct kvec *iov,
 		    u8 *level, u8 *description);
 
 #endif /* _NET_HANDSHAKE_H */
diff --git a/net/handshake/alert.c b/net/handshake/alert.c
index 329d91984683..4662a406b64a 100644
--- a/net/handshake/alert.c
+++ b/net/handshake/alert.c
@@ -94,13 +94,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(tls_get_record_type);
  * @description: OUT - TLS AlertDescription value
  *
  */
-void tls_alert_recv(const struct sock *sk, const struct msghdr *msg,
+void tls_alert_recv(const struct sock *sk, const struct kvec *iov,
 		    u8 *level, u8 *description)
 {
-	const struct kvec *iov;
 	u8 *data;
 
-	iov = msg->msg_iter.kvec;
+	if (!iov)
+		return;
 	data = iov->iov_base;
 	*level = data[0];
 	*description = data[1];
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
index e2c5e0e626f9..8701abd7fff2 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ static int svc_one_sock_name(struct svc_sock *svsk, char *buf, int remaining)
 }
 
 static int
-svc_tcp_sock_process_cmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
+svc_tcp_sock_process_cmsg(struct socket *sock, struct kvec *iov,
 			  struct cmsghdr *cmsg, int ret)
 {
 	u8 content_type = tls_get_record_type(sock->sk, cmsg);
@@ -238,14 +238,10 @@ svc_tcp_sock_process_cmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 	case 0:
 		break;
 	case TLS_RECORD_TYPE_DATA:
-		/* TLS sets EOR at the end of each application data
-		 * record, even though there might be more frames
-		 * waiting to be decrypted.
-		 */
-		msg->msg_flags &= ~MSG_EOR;
+		pr_warn("received TLS DATA; expected TLS control message\n");
 		break;
 	case TLS_RECORD_TYPE_ALERT:
-		tls_alert_recv(sock->sk, msg, &level, &description);
+		tls_alert_recv(sock->sk, iov, &level, &description);
 		ret = (level == TLS_ALERT_LEVEL_FATAL) ?
 			-ENOTCONN : -EAGAIN;
 		break;
@@ -280,8 +276,7 @@ svc_tcp_sock_recv_cmsg(struct socket *sock, unsigned int *msg_flags)
 	ret = sock_recvmsg(sock, &msg, MSG_DONTWAIT);
 	if (ret > 0 &&
 	    tls_get_record_type(sock->sk, &u.cmsg) == TLS_RECORD_TYPE_ALERT) {
-		iov_iter_revert(&msg.msg_iter, ret);
-		ret = svc_tcp_sock_process_cmsg(sock, &msg, &u.cmsg, -EAGAIN);
+		ret = svc_tcp_sock_process_cmsg(sock, &alert_kvec, &u.cmsg, -EAGAIN);
 	}
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -294,6 +289,10 @@ svc_tcp_sock_recvmsg(struct svc_sock *svsk, struct msghdr *msg)
 
 	ret = sock_recvmsg(sock, msg, MSG_DONTWAIT);
 	if (msg->msg_flags & MSG_CTRUNC) {
+		/* TLS sets EOR at the end of each application data
+		 * record, even though there might be more frames
+		 * waiting to be decrypted.
+		 */
 		msg->msg_flags &= ~(MSG_CTRUNC | MSG_EOR);
 		if (ret == 0 || ret == -EIO)
 			ret = svc_tcp_sock_recv_cmsg(sock, &msg->msg_flags);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index c5f7bbf5775f..005021773da1 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ xs_alloc_sparse_pages(struct xdr_buf *buf, size_t want, gfp_t gfp)
 }
 
 static int
-xs_sock_process_cmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
+xs_sock_process_cmsg(struct socket *sock, struct kvec *iov,
 		     unsigned int *msg_flags, struct cmsghdr *cmsg, int ret)
 {
 	u8 content_type = tls_get_record_type(sock->sk, cmsg);
@@ -367,14 +367,10 @@ xs_sock_process_cmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 	case 0:
 		break;
 	case TLS_RECORD_TYPE_DATA:
-		/* TLS sets EOR at the end of each application data
-		 * record, even though there might be more frames
-		 * waiting to be decrypted.
-		 */
-		*msg_flags &= ~MSG_EOR;
+		pr_warn("received TLS DATA; expected TLS control message\n");
 		break;
 	case TLS_RECORD_TYPE_ALERT:
-		tls_alert_recv(sock->sk, msg, &level, &description);
+		tls_alert_recv(sock->sk, iov, &level, &description);
 		ret = (level == TLS_ALERT_LEVEL_FATAL) ?
 			-EACCES : -EAGAIN;
 		break;
@@ -409,9 +405,8 @@ xs_sock_recv_cmsg(struct socket *sock, unsigned int *msg_flags, int flags)
 	ret = sock_recvmsg(sock, &msg, flags);
 	if (ret > 0 &&
 	    tls_get_record_type(sock->sk, &u.cmsg) == TLS_RECORD_TYPE_ALERT) {
-		iov_iter_revert(&msg.msg_iter, ret);
-		ret = xs_sock_process_cmsg(sock, &msg, msg_flags, &u.cmsg,
-					   -EAGAIN);
+		ret = xs_sock_process_cmsg(sock, &alert_kvec, msg_flags,
+					   &u.cmsg, -EAGAIN);
 	}
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -425,6 +420,10 @@ xs_sock_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, int flags, size_t seek)
 	ret = sock_recvmsg(sock, msg, flags);
 	/* Handle TLS inband control message lazily */
 	if (msg->msg_flags & MSG_CTRUNC) {
+		/* TLS sets EOR at the end of each application data
+		 * ecord, even though there might be more frames
+		 * waiting to be decrypted.
+		 */
 		msg->msg_flags &= ~(MSG_CTRUNC | MSG_EOR);
 		if (ret == 0 || ret == -EIO)
 			ret = xs_sock_recv_cmsg(sock, &msg->msg_flags, flags);
-- 
2.47.1