[PATCH] virtiofs: add FUSE protocol validation

[PATCH] virtiofs: add FUSE protocol validation

[Yuto Ohnuki]

Add virtio_fs_verify_response() to validate that the server properly
follows the FUSE protocol by checking:

- Response length is at least sizeof(struct fuse_out_header).
- oh.len matches the actual response length.
- oh.unique matches the request's unique identifier.

On validation failure, set error to -EIO and normalize oh.len to prevent
underflow in copy_args_from_argbuf().

Addresses the TODO comment in virtio_fs_request_complete().

Signed-off-by: Yuto Ohnuki <ytohnuki@amazon.com>
---
 fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c b/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c
index b2f6486fe1d5..8847d083ce57 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c
@@ -758,6 +758,27 @@ static void copy_args_from_argbuf(struct fuse_args *args, struct fuse_req *req)
 	req->argbuf = NULL;
 }
 
+/* Verify that the server properly follows the FUSE protocol */
+static bool virtio_fs_verify_response(struct fuse_req *req, unsigned int len)
+{
+	struct fuse_out_header *oh = &req->out.h;
+
+	if (len < sizeof(*oh)) {
+		pr_warn("virtio-fs: response too short (%u)\n", len);
+		return false;
+	}
+	if (oh->len != len) {
+		pr_warn("virtio-fs: oh.len mismatch (%u != %u)\n", oh->len, len);
+		return false;
+	}
+	if (oh->unique != req->in.h.unique) {
+		pr_warn("virtio-fs: oh.unique mismatch (%llu != %llu)\n",
+			oh->unique, req->in.h.unique);
+		return false;
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
 /* Work function for request completion */
 static void virtio_fs_request_complete(struct fuse_req *req,
 				       struct virtio_fs_vq *fsvq)
@@ -767,10 +788,6 @@ static void virtio_fs_request_complete(struct fuse_req *req,
 	unsigned int len, i, thislen;
 	struct folio *folio;
 
-	/*
-	 * TODO verify that server properly follows FUSE protocol
-	 * (oh.uniq, oh.len)
-	 */
 	args = req->args;
 	copy_args_from_argbuf(args, req);
 
@@ -824,6 +841,10 @@ static void virtio_fs_requests_done_work(struct work_struct *work)
 		virtqueue_disable_cb(vq);
 
 		while ((req = virtqueue_get_buf(vq, &len)) != NULL) {
+			if (!virtio_fs_verify_response(req, len)) {
+				req->out.h.error = -EIO;
+				req->out.h.len = sizeof(struct fuse_out_header);
+			}
 			spin_lock(&fpq->lock);
 			list_move_tail(&req->list, &reqs);
 			spin_unlock(&fpq->lock);
-- 
2.50.1




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Re: [PATCH] virtiofs: add FUSE protocol validation

[Stefan Hajnoczi]

On Mon, Feb 16, 2026 at 2:32 AM Yuto Ohnuki <ytohnuki@amazon.com> wrote:
>
> Add virtio_fs_verify_response() to validate that the server properly
> follows the FUSE protocol by checking:
>
> - Response length is at least sizeof(struct fuse_out_header).
> - oh.len matches the actual response length.
> - oh.unique matches the request's unique identifier.
>
> On validation failure, set error to -EIO and normalize oh.len to prevent
> underflow in copy_args_from_argbuf().
>
> Addresses the TODO comment in virtio_fs_request_complete().
>
> Signed-off-by: Yuto Ohnuki <ytohnuki@amazon.com>
> ---
>  fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>

Re: [PATCH] virtiofs: add FUSE protocol validation

[Miklos Szeredi]

On Mon, 16 Feb 2026 at 08:32, Yuto Ohnuki <ytohnuki@amazon.com> wrote:
>
> Add virtio_fs_verify_response() to validate that the server properly
> follows the FUSE protocol by checking:
>
> - Response length is at least sizeof(struct fuse_out_header).
> - oh.len matches the actual response length.
> - oh.unique matches the request's unique identifier.
>
> On validation failure, set error to -EIO and normalize oh.len to prevent
> underflow in copy_args_from_argbuf().
>
> Addresses the TODO comment in virtio_fs_request_complete().
>
> Signed-off-by: Yuto Ohnuki <ytohnuki@amazon.com>

Applied, thanks.

Miklos