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From: Yiqi Sun <sunyiqixm@gmail.com>
To: kvm@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.linux.dev
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	stefanha@redhat.com, sgarzare@redhat.com, mst@redhat.com,
	jasowang@redhat.com, xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com,
	eperezma@redhat.com, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
	kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org,
	Yiqi Sun <sunyiqixm@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] vsock/virtio: fix vsockmon info leak in non-linear tap copy
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:11:10 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260430071110.380509-1-sunyiqixm@gmail.com> (raw)

vsockmon mirrors packets through virtio_transport_build_skb(), which
builds a new skb and copies the payload into it. For non-linear skbs,
this goes through virtio_transport_copy_nonlinear_skb().

Helper manually initializes a iov_iter, but leaves iov_iter.count unset.
As a result, skb_copy_datagram_iter() sees zero writable bytes
in the destination iterator and copies no payload data.

This becomes an info leak because virtio_transport_build_skb() has
already reserved payload_len bytes in the new skb with skb_put(). The
skb is then returned to the tap path with that payload area still
uninitialized, so userspace reading from a vsockmon device can observe
heap contents and potentially kernel address.

Fix it by initializing iov_iter.count to the number of bytes to copy.

Fixes: 4b0bf10eb077 ("vsock/virtio: non-linear skb handling for tap")
Signed-off-by: Yiqi Sun <sunyiqixm@gmail.com>
---
 net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
index 416d533f493d..6b26ee57ccab 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static void virtio_transport_copy_nonlinear_skb(const struct sk_buff *skb,
 	iov_iter.nr_segs = 1;
 
 	to_copy = min_t(size_t, len, skb->len);
-
+	iov_iter.count = to_copy;
 	skb_copy_datagram_iter(skb, VIRTIO_VSOCK_SKB_CB(skb)->offset,
 			       &iov_iter, to_copy);
 }
-- 
2.34.1


             reply	other threads:[~2026-04-30  7:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-30  7:11 Yiqi Sun [this message]
2026-04-30 13:04 ` [PATCH] vsock/virtio: fix vsockmon info leak in non-linear tap copy Luigi Leonardi
2026-05-05 10:26 ` Paolo Abeni
2026-05-05 12:44   ` Stefano Garzarella

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