[PATCH net v2] vsock: Ignore signal/timeout on connect() if already established

[PATCH net v2] vsock: Ignore signal/timeout on connect() if already established

[Michal Luczaj]

During connect(), acting on a signal/timeout by disconnecting an already
established socket leads to several issues:

1. connect() invoking vsock_transport_cancel_pkt() ->
   virtio_transport_purge_skbs() may race with sendmsg() invoking
   virtio_transport_get_credit(). This results in a permanently elevated
   `vvs->bytes_unsent`. Which, in turn, confuses the SOCK_LINGER handling.

2. connect() resetting a connected socket's state may race with socket
   being placed in a sockmap. A disconnected socket remaining in a sockmap
   breaks sockmap's assumptions. And gives rise to WARNs.

3. connect() transitioning SS_CONNECTED -> SS_UNCONNECTED allows for a
   transport change/drop after TCP_ESTABLISHED. Which poses a problem for
   any simultaneous sendmsg() or connect() and may result in a
   use-after-free/null-ptr-deref.

Do not disconnect socket on signal/timeout. Keep the logic for unconnected
sockets: they don't linger, can't be placed in a sockmap, are rejected by
sendmsg().

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/e07fd95c-9a38-4eea-9638-133e38c2ec9b@rbox.co/
[2]: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20250317-vsock-trans-signal-race-v4-0-fc8837f3f1d4@rbox.co/
[3]: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/60f1b7db-3099-4f6a-875e-af9f6ef194f6@rbox.co/

Fixes: d021c344051a ("VSOCK: Introduce VM Sockets")
Signed-off-by: Michal Luczaj <mhal@rbox.co>
---
Changes in v2:
- Keep changes to minimum, fold in vsock_reset_interrupted() [Stefano]
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251117-vsock-interrupted-connect-v1-1-bc021e907c3f@rbox.co
---
 net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
index 76763247a377..a9ca9c3b87b3 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
@@ -1661,18 +1661,40 @@ static int vsock_connect(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *addr,
 		timeout = schedule_timeout(timeout);
 		lock_sock(sk);
 
-		if (signal_pending(current)) {
-			err = sock_intr_errno(timeout);
-			sk->sk_state = sk->sk_state == TCP_ESTABLISHED ? TCP_CLOSING : TCP_CLOSE;
-			sock->state = SS_UNCONNECTED;
-			vsock_transport_cancel_pkt(vsk);
-			vsock_remove_connected(vsk);
-			goto out_wait;
-		} else if ((sk->sk_state != TCP_ESTABLISHED) && (timeout == 0)) {
-			err = -ETIMEDOUT;
+		/* Connection established. Whatever happens to socket once we
+		 * release it, that's not connect()'s concern. No need to go
+		 * into signal and timeout handling. Call it a day.
+		 *
+		 * Note that allowing to "reset" an already established socket
+		 * here is racy and insecure.
+		 */
+		if (sk->sk_state == TCP_ESTABLISHED)
+			break;
+
+		/* If connection was _not_ established and a signal/timeout came
+		 * to be, we want the socket's state reset. User space may want
+		 * to retry.
+		 *
+		 * sk_state != TCP_ESTABLISHED implies that socket is not on
+		 * vsock_connected_table. We keep the binding and the transport
+		 * assigned.
+		 */
+		if (signal_pending(current) || timeout == 0) {
+			err = timeout == 0 ? -ETIMEDOUT : sock_intr_errno(timeout);
+
+			/* Listener might have already responded with
+			 * VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_RESPONSE. Its handling expects our
+			 * sk_state == TCP_SYN_SENT, which hereby we break.
+			 * In such case VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_RST will follow.
+			 */
 			sk->sk_state = TCP_CLOSE;
 			sock->state = SS_UNCONNECTED;
+
+			/* Try to cancel VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_REQUEST skb sent out by
+			 * transport->connect().
+			 */
 			vsock_transport_cancel_pkt(vsk);
+
 			goto out_wait;
 		}
 

---
base-commit: 106a67494c53c56f55a2bd0757be0edb6eaa5407
change-id: 20250815-vsock-interrupted-connect-f92dfa5042cd

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

Re: [PATCH net v2] vsock: Ignore signal/timeout on connect() if already established

[Stefano Garzarella]

On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 03:02:59PM +0100, Michal Luczaj wrote:
>During connect(), acting on a signal/timeout by disconnecting an already
>established socket leads to several issues:
>
>1. connect() invoking vsock_transport_cancel_pkt() ->
>   virtio_transport_purge_skbs() may race with sendmsg() invoking
>   virtio_transport_get_credit(). This results in a permanently elevated
>   `vvs->bytes_unsent`. Which, in turn, confuses the SOCK_LINGER handling.
>
>2. connect() resetting a connected socket's state may race with socket
>   being placed in a sockmap. A disconnected socket remaining in a sockmap
>   breaks sockmap's assumptions. And gives rise to WARNs.
>
>3. connect() transitioning SS_CONNECTED -> SS_UNCONNECTED allows for a
>   transport change/drop after TCP_ESTABLISHED. Which poses a problem for
>   any simultaneous sendmsg() or connect() and may result in a
>   use-after-free/null-ptr-deref.
>
>Do not disconnect socket on signal/timeout. Keep the logic for unconnected
>sockets: they don't linger, can't be placed in a sockmap, are rejected by
>sendmsg().
>
>[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/e07fd95c-9a38-4eea-9638-133e38c2ec9b@rbox.co/
>[2]: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20250317-vsock-trans-signal-race-v4-0-fc8837f3f1d4@rbox.co/
>[3]: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/60f1b7db-3099-4f6a-875e-af9f6ef194f6@rbox.co/
>
>Fixes: d021c344051a ("VSOCK: Introduce VM Sockets")
>Signed-off-by: Michal Luczaj <mhal@rbox.co>
>---
>Changes in v2:
>- Keep changes to minimum, fold in vsock_reset_interrupted() [Stefano]

Thanks for addressing that! LGTM:

Reviewed-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>


>- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251117-vsock-interrupted-connect-v1-1-bc021e907c3f@rbox.co
>---
> net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
> 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
>index 76763247a377..a9ca9c3b87b3 100644
>--- a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
>+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
>@@ -1661,18 +1661,40 @@ static int vsock_connect(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *addr,
> 		timeout = schedule_timeout(timeout);
> 		lock_sock(sk);
>
>-		if (signal_pending(current)) {
>-			err = sock_intr_errno(timeout);
>-			sk->sk_state = sk->sk_state == TCP_ESTABLISHED ? TCP_CLOSING : TCP_CLOSE;
>-			sock->state = SS_UNCONNECTED;
>-			vsock_transport_cancel_pkt(vsk);
>-			vsock_remove_connected(vsk);
>-			goto out_wait;
>-		} else if ((sk->sk_state != TCP_ESTABLISHED) && (timeout == 0)) {
>-			err = -ETIMEDOUT;
>+		/* Connection established. Whatever happens to socket once we
>+		 * release it, that's not connect()'s concern. No need to go
>+		 * into signal and timeout handling. Call it a day.
>+		 *
>+		 * Note that allowing to "reset" an already established socket
>+		 * here is racy and insecure.
>+		 */
>+		if (sk->sk_state == TCP_ESTABLISHED)
>+			break;
>+
>+		/* If connection was _not_ established and a signal/timeout came
>+		 * to be, we want the socket's state reset. User space may want
>+		 * to retry.
>+		 *
>+		 * sk_state != TCP_ESTABLISHED implies that socket is not on
>+		 * vsock_connected_table. We keep the binding and the transport
>+		 * assigned.
>+		 */
>+		if (signal_pending(current) || timeout == 0) {
>+			err = timeout == 0 ? -ETIMEDOUT : sock_intr_errno(timeout);
>+
>+			/* Listener might have already responded with
>+			 * VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_RESPONSE. Its handling expects our
>+			 * sk_state == TCP_SYN_SENT, which hereby we break.
>+			 * In such case VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_RST will follow.
>+			 */
> 			sk->sk_state = TCP_CLOSE;
> 			sock->state = SS_UNCONNECTED;
>+
>+			/* Try to cancel VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_REQUEST skb sent out by
>+			 * transport->connect().
>+			 */
> 			vsock_transport_cancel_pkt(vsk);
>+
> 			goto out_wait;
> 		}
>
>
>---
>base-commit: 106a67494c53c56f55a2bd0757be0edb6eaa5407
>change-id: 20250815-vsock-interrupted-connect-f92dfa5042cd
>
>Best regards,
>-- 
>Michal Luczaj <mhal@rbox.co>
>

Re: [PATCH net v2] vsock: Ignore signal/timeout on connect() if already established

[patchwork-bot+netdevbpf]

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>:

On Wed, 19 Nov 2025 15:02:59 +0100 you wrote:
> During connect(), acting on a signal/timeout by disconnecting an already
> established socket leads to several issues:
> 
> 1. connect() invoking vsock_transport_cancel_pkt() ->
>    virtio_transport_purge_skbs() may race with sendmsg() invoking
>    virtio_transport_get_credit(). This results in a permanently elevated
>    `vvs->bytes_unsent`. Which, in turn, confuses the SOCK_LINGER handling.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net,v2] vsock: Ignore signal/timeout on connect() if already established
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/002541ef650b

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