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From: Aldo Ariel Panzardo <qwe.aldo@gmail.com>
To: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
Cc: virtualization@lists.linux.dev, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
	Aldo Ariel Panzardo <qwe.aldo@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] vsock: ignore empty child namespace mode writes
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 11:15:47 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260915141547.3010692-1-qwe.aldo@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260915111417.2726515-1-qwe.aldo@gmail.com>

__vsock_net_mode_string() returns success without updating new_mode when
the transfer length is zero. Its caller then reads the uninitialized enum
and may permanently store a stack-derived value in the write-once child
mode.

Return before inspecting or storing new_mode when no bytes were
transferred. This also prevents an empty write from locking the current
mode.

Fixes: eafb64f40ca4 ("vsock: add netns to vsock core")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Aldo Ariel Panzardo <qwe.aldo@gmail.com>
---
 net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
index 622dbd0467..816d25b314 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
@@ -2883,6 +2883,8 @@ static int vsock_net_child_mode_string(const struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 				      vsock_net_child_mode(net), &new_mode);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
+	if (!*lenp)
+		return 0;
 
 	if (write) {
 		/* Prevent a "local" namespace from escalating to "global",
-- 
2.43.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-09-15 14:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-15 11:14 [PATCH] vsock: preserve child namespace mode on an empty write Aldo Ariel Panzardo
2026-09-15 14:15 ` Aldo Ariel Panzardo [this message]
2026-09-15 16:32   ` [PATCH v2] vsock: ignore empty child namespace mode writes Luigi Leonardi
2026-09-15 16:57     ` Stefano Garzarella
2026-09-15 16:50   ` Stefano Garzarella
2026-09-15 17:29   ` Aldo Ariel Panzardo
2026-09-15 17:30   ` [PATCH v3] " Aldo Ariel Panzardo
2026-09-16 15:38     ` Stefano Garzarella
2026-09-16 16:53     ` Bobby Eshleman
2026-09-18  2:10     ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
2026-09-17 14:20 ` [PATCH] vsock: preserve child namespace mode on an empty write netdev-bot+sashiko

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