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From: Nguyen Dinh Phi <phind.uet@gmail.com>
To: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Cc: Nguyen Dinh Phi <phind.uet@gmail.com>,
	syzbot+1b2c9c4a0f8708082678@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
	virtualization@lists.linux.dev, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] vsock: use sock_error() to consume sk_err after connect timeout
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 05:57:47 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260719220103.684489-1-phind.uet@gmail.com> (raw)

After vsock_connect() exits the wait loop due to sk->sk_err being
set, the error was read but not cleared. This left sk->sk_err set
for subsequent operations.
Switch to sock_error() which atomically reads and clears sk->sk_err,
so the error is consumed when returned.

Signed-off-by: Nguyen Dinh Phi <phind.uet@gmail.com>
Reported-by: syzbot+1b2c9c4a0f8708082678@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
---
 net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
index 622dbd046799..43eddc33ed12 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
@@ -1847,14 +1847,11 @@ static int vsock_connect(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr_unsized *addr,
 		prepare_to_wait(sk_sleep(sk), &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 	}
 
-	if (sk->sk_err) {
-		err = -sk->sk_err;
+	err = sock_error(sk);
+	if (err) {
 		sk->sk_state = TCP_CLOSE;
 		sock->state = SS_UNCONNECTED;
-	} else {
-		err = 0;
 	}
-
 out_wait:
 	finish_wait(sk_sleep(sk), &wait);
 out:
-- 
2.53.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-07-19 22:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-19 21:57 Nguyen Dinh Phi [this message]
2026-07-20  8:17 ` [PATCH] vsock: use sock_error() to consume sk_err after connect timeout Stefano Garzarella
2026-07-20 17:34   ` Phi Nguyen

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