From: 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>, Andy King <acking@vmware.com>,
George Zhang <georgezhang@vmware.com>,
Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@vmware.com>
Cc: Nguyen Dinh Phi <phind.uet@gmail.com>,
syzbot+1b2c9c4a0f8708082678@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
Wupeng Ma <mawupeng1@huawei.com>,
virtualization@lists.linux.dev, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3] vsock: use sock_error() to consume sk_err after a failed connect
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:18:40 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260730081843.287563-1-phind.uet@gmail.com> (raw)
From: Nguyen Dinh Phi <phind.uet@gmail.com>
Syzbot report an issue which can be reproduced with these steps:
r0 = socket(AF_VSOCK, SOCK_STREAM, 0)
bind(r0, {VMADDR_CID_ANY, PORT})
connect(r0, {VMADDR_CID_LOCAL, PORT}) -> -1, EPROTO (self-connect)
listen(r0, backlog) -> 0
r1 = socket(AF_VSOCK, SOCK_STREAM, 0)
connect(r1, {VMADDR_CID_LOCAL, PORT}) -> 0
accept(r0) -> -1, EPROTO (stale sk_err)
Basically, it creates a socket (r0) and triggers a self-connect after
binding it. This self-connect fails with EPROTO because it loops back to
r0 while the socket is still in the TCP_SYN_SENT state, causing it to be
incorrectly dispatched to the connecting-client path. The unexpected
packet type encountered there sets sk_err to EPROTO.
After that, it invokes a listen() call on the same socket. This listen()
call succeeds because the kernel's listening path never inspects or
clears sk_err. Then, a new socket (r1) is created as a normal client and
connects to r0. However, vsock_accept() rejects this incoming connection
because the listener's sk_err still holds the EPROTO error from the
earlier failed self-connect.
This rejection causes the child socket created for r1's connection to
never be freed on virtio or hyperv transports; only the VMCI transport
implements pending_work to revisit and clean up a rejected socket
Fix the issue by using sock_error() to read the sk_err to prevent the
rejection branch from occurring in this scenario.
sock_error() atomically reads and clears sk_err, ensuring the error is
consumed when vsock_connect() returns and cannot affect subsequent
operations on the same socket. This matches the established pattern
used by other protocol connect() implementations in the network
stack like __inet_stream_connect(), tipc_wait_for_connect()...
Reported-by: syzbot+1b2c9c4a0f8708082678@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=1b2c9c4a0f8708082678
Fixes: d021c344051af ("VSOCK: Introduce VM Sockets")
Signed-off-by: Nguyen Dinh Phi <phind.uet@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Wupeng Ma <mawupeng1@huawei.com>
---
V2: Add reproducer steps to commit message.
V3: Fix truncated title and add annotations to reproducer steps.
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:
--
2.43.0
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