From: Sidraya Jayagond <sidraya@linux.ibm.com>
To: Chuyf26 <Chuyf26@linux.alibaba.com>, alibuda@linux.alibaba.com
Cc: dust.li@linux.alibaba.com, mjambigi@linux.ibm.com,
tonylu@linux.alibaba.com, guwen@linux.alibaba.com,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org,
linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net/smc: release the internal TCP sock on IPPROTO_SMC socket creation failure
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 11:55:28 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <def186fb-0eb9-4751-9e39-64eaa4828759@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <202608130604.67D5j4VU1508130@pps.reinject>
On 13/08/26 11:34 am, Chuyf26 wrote:
> IPPROTO_SMC sockets create an internal TCP sock ("clcsock") from the
> proto->init hook. When socket creation fails after proto->init has
> run - e.g. a cgroup BPF program attached to BPF_CGROUP_INET_SOCK_CREATE
> denies the socket - sk_common_release() only invokes sk_prot->destroy
> if it is set, but neither smc_inet_prot nor smc_inet6_prot defines it,
> and smc_destruct() returns early unless sk_state is SMC_CLOSED. As a
> result, every failing socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_SMC) call
> leaks one tcp_sock, so an unprivileged task able to attach a deny-all
> BPF_CGROUP_INET_SOCK_CREATE program to its own cgroup can grow kernel
> memory unboundedly.
>
> Add a .destroy hook to both protos that releases the clcsock via
> smc_clcsock_release(), which is safe here because it skips a NULL
> clcsock under clcsock_release_lock. Also initialize clcsock to NULL
> when setting the sock up: the smc_sock slab is SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU,
> so recycled objects are not zeroed.
>
> Fixes: d25a92ccae6b ("net/smc: Introduce IPPROTO_SMC")
> Reported-by: Abaci <abaci@linux.alibaba.com>
> Assisted-by: abaci:qwen3.8-max
> Signed-off-by: Chuyf26 <Chuyf26@linux.alibaba.com>
> ---
> net/smc/smc_inet.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/net/smc/smc_inet.c b/net/smc/smc_inet.c
> index a94084b..b94a194 100644
> --- a/net/smc/smc_inet.c
> +++ b/net/smc/smc_inet.c
> @@ -15,13 +15,16 @@
>
> #include "smc_inet.h"
> #include "smc.h"
> +#include "smc_close.h"
>
> static int smc_inet_init_sock(struct sock *sk);
> +static void smc_inet_destroy_sock(struct sock *sk);
>
> static struct proto smc_inet_prot = {
> .name = "INET_SMC",
> .owner = THIS_MODULE,
> .init = smc_inet_init_sock,
> + .destroy = smc_inet_destroy_sock,
> .hash = smc_hash_sk,
> .unhash = smc_unhash_sk,
> .release_cb = smc_release_cb,
> @@ -68,6 +71,7 @@ static struct proto smc_inet6_prot = {
> .name = "INET6_SMC",
> .owner = THIS_MODULE,
> .init = smc_inet_init_sock,
> + .destroy = smc_inet_destroy_sock,
> .hash = smc_hash_sk,
> .unhash = smc_unhash_sk,
> .release_cb = smc_release_cb,
> @@ -109,6 +113,14 @@ static struct inet_protosw smc_inet6_protosw = {
> static int smc_inet_init_sock(struct sock *sk)
> {
> struct net *net = sock_net(sk);
> + struct smc_sock *smc = smc_sk(sk);
> +
> + /*
> + * The smc_sock slab is SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU and recycled objects
> + * are not zeroed. .destroy may run even if .init never completed,
> + * so make sure smc_clcsock_release() sees a valid clcsock.
> + */
> + smc->clcsock = NULL;
>
> /* init common smc sock */
> smc_sk_init(net, sk, IPPROTO_SMC);
> @@ -116,6 +128,17 @@ static int smc_inet_init_sock(struct sock *sk)
> return smc_create_clcsk(net, sk, sk->sk_family);
> }
>
> +static void smc_inet_destroy_sock(struct sock *sk)
> +{
> + /*
> + * If inet_create()/inet6_create() fail after .init has created the
> + * internal TCP sock (e.g. rejected by a cgroup BPF program),
> + * sk_common_release() ends up here. Release the TCP sock, otherwise
> + * it leaks on every failed IPPROTO_SMC socket() call.
> + */
> + smc_clcsock_release(smc_sk(sk));
> +}
> +
> int __init smc_inet_init(void)
> {
> int rc;
Thank you for fixing this.
Reviewed-by: Sidraya Jayagond <sidraya@linux.ibm.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-13 6:25 UTC|newest]
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[not found] <20260812071543.C94FD349CD8@smtp.subspace.kernel.org>
2026-08-12 14:44 ` [PATCH] net/smc: release the internal TCP sock on IPPROTO_SMC socket creation failure Sidraya Jayagond
2026-08-13 6:04 ` [PATCH v2] " Chuyf26
[not found] ` <202608130604.67D5j4VU1508130@pps.reinject>
2026-08-13 6:25 ` Sidraya Jayagond [this message]
2026-08-12 7:15 [PATCH] " Chuyf26
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