From: <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: jiayuan.chen@linux.dev,martin.lau@kernel.org,matttbe@kernel.org,stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mptcp: Disallow MPTCP subflows from sockmap" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:21:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2025112454-crib-recognize-8675@gregkh> (raw)
The patch below does not apply to the 5.15-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.
To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:
git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.15.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x fbade4bd08ba52cbc74a71c4e86e736f059f99f7
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2025112454-crib-recognize-8675@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.15.y' HEAD^..
Possible dependencies:
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From fbade4bd08ba52cbc74a71c4e86e736f059f99f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 14:02:50 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] mptcp: Disallow MPTCP subflows from sockmap
The sockmap feature allows bpf syscall from userspace, or based on bpf
sockops, replacing the sk_prot of sockets during protocol stack processing
with sockmap's custom read/write interfaces.
'''
tcp_rcv_state_process()
subflow_syn_recv_sock()
tcp_init_transfer(BPF_SOCK_OPS_PASSIVE_ESTABLISHED_CB)
bpf_skops_established <== sockops
bpf_sock_map_update(sk) <== call bpf helper
tcp_bpf_update_proto() <== update sk_prot
'''
Consider two scenarios:
1. When the server has MPTCP enabled and the client also requests MPTCP,
the sk passed to the BPF program is a subflow sk. Since subflows only
handle partial data, replacing their sk_prot is meaningless and will
cause traffic disruption.
2. When the server has MPTCP enabled but the client sends a TCP SYN
without MPTCP, subflow_syn_recv_sock() performs a fallback on the
subflow, replacing the subflow sk's sk_prot with the native sk_prot.
'''
subflow_ulp_fallback()
subflow_drop_ctx()
mptcp_subflow_ops_undo_override()
'''
Subsequently, accept::mptcp_stream_accept::mptcp_fallback_tcp_ops()
converts the subflow to plain TCP.
For the first case, we should prevent it from being combined with sockmap
by setting sk_prot->psock_update_sk_prot to NULL, which will be blocked by
sockmap's own flow.
For the second case, since subflow_syn_recv_sock() has already restored
sk_prot to native tcp_prot/tcpv6_prot, no further action is needed.
Fixes: cec37a6e41aa ("mptcp: Handle MP_CAPABLE options for outgoing connections")
Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251111060307.194196-2-jiayuan.chen@linux.dev
diff --git a/net/mptcp/subflow.c b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
index e8325890a322..af707ce0f624 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/subflow.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
@@ -2144,6 +2144,10 @@ void __init mptcp_subflow_init(void)
tcp_prot_override = tcp_prot;
tcp_prot_override.release_cb = tcp_release_cb_override;
tcp_prot_override.diag_destroy = tcp_abort_override;
+#ifdef CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL
+ /* Disable sockmap processing for subflows */
+ tcp_prot_override.psock_update_sk_prot = NULL;
+#endif
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MPTCP_IPV6)
/* In struct mptcp_subflow_request_sock, we assume the TCP request sock
@@ -2180,6 +2184,10 @@ void __init mptcp_subflow_init(void)
tcpv6_prot_override = tcpv6_prot;
tcpv6_prot_override.release_cb = tcp_release_cb_override;
tcpv6_prot_override.diag_destroy = tcp_abort_override;
+#ifdef CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL
+ /* Disable sockmap processing for subflows */
+ tcpv6_prot_override.psock_update_sk_prot = NULL;
+#endif
#endif
mptcp_diag_subflow_init(&subflow_ulp_ops);
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2025-11-24 13:21 gregkh [this message]
2025-11-24 15:18 ` [PATCH 5.15.y] mptcp: Disallow MPTCP subflows from sockmap Sasha Levin
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