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From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Anil Kaushik" <anilkaushikwireless@gmail.com>, mptcp@lists.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH mptcp-next v4 1/3] selftests: mptcp: connect: retry write() on EAGAIN
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 05:58:05 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <sashiko-outbox-173845@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261016055010.980819-2-anilkaushikwireless@gmail.com>

Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [Medium] selftests/mptcp: OOB stack read via unsigned len underflow
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commit 2c05e206fd91fc4ebb90da18cf7072e457266159
Author: Anil Kaushik <anilkaushikwireless@gmail.com>

selftests: mptcp: connect: retry write() on EAGAIN

mptcp_connect treats any write() error as fatal. But write() can fail
with EAGAIN even after poll() said the socket was writable: the MPTCP
send buffer shrinks when a subflow is closed.

> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.c
> index 178d98d91fea2..b9fd0bdab7486 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.c
[ ... ]
> @@ -711,6 +712,21 @@ static int copyfd_io_poll(int infd, int peerfd, int outfd,
>  
>  				bw = do_rnd_write(peerfd, winfo->buf + winfo->off, winfo->len);
[Severity: Medium]
Does this sequence allow an out-of-bounds stack read if the preceding read
call encounters an error?

In copyfd_io_poll(), winfo->len is assigned the result of read(). If read()
fails and returns -1, the signed value is assigned to the unsigned int
winfo->len, wrapping to its maximum value.

The condition checking if winfo->len > 0 then evaluates to true and bypasses
the error handling. This massive length is passed here to do_rnd_write(),
which computes a random write length up to 65535:

do_rnd_write() {
    ...
    do_w = rand() & 0xffff;
    if (do_w == 0 || do_w > len)
        do_w = len;

    bw = write(fd, buf, do_w);
}

Since the winfo->buf size is only 8192 bytes, could write() read uninitialized
data beyond the stack buffer boundary?

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Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20261016055010.980819-1-anilkaushikwireless@gmail.com?part=1

  reply	other threads:[~2026-10-16  5:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-16  5:50 [PATCH mptcp-next v4 0/3] mptcp: pm: kernel: retry subflows closed after an error Anil Kaushik
2026-10-16  5:50 ` [PATCH mptcp-next v4 1/3] selftests: mptcp: connect: retry write() on EAGAIN Anil Kaushik
2026-10-16  5:58   ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-10-17 21:07   ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-10-16  5:50 ` [PATCH mptcp-next v4 2/3] mptcp: pm: kernel: retry subflows closed after an error Anil Kaushik
2026-10-16  8:54   ` Matthieu Baerts
2026-10-17 21:07   ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-10-16  5:50 ` [PATCH mptcp-next v4 3/3] selftests: mptcp: join: validate subflow retry after link failure Anil Kaushik
2026-10-16  9:01   ` Matthieu Baerts
2026-10-16 16:08     ` Anil Kaushik
2026-10-17 21:07   ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-10-16  7:19 ` [PATCH mptcp-next v4 0/3] mptcp: pm: kernel: retry subflows closed after an error MPTCP CI

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