[PATCH net v2 0/2] af_unix: fix inq_len accounting and consumed OOB skb handling in unix_stream_read_skb()

[PATCH net v2 0/2] af_unix: fix inq_len accounting and consumed OOB skb handling in unix_stream_read_skb()

[Hui Peng]

This series addresses two OOB skb handling bugs in AF_UNIX stream sockets:

1. Decrement u->inq_len by 1 when manage_oob() unlinks an unread OOB skb,
   preventing u->inq_len from remaining permanently inflated and causing
   SIOCINQ / FIONREAD to report a stale positive byte count on an empty
   socket.
2. Skip zero-length consumed OOB skbs (after releasing SCM rights via
   unix_orphan_scm()) and pull UNIXCB(skb).consumed bytes via pskb_pull()
   in unix_stream_read_skb(), preventing BPF sockmap from re-delivering
   already consumed OOB bytes or partially consumed skb prefixes.

Changes in v2:
- Split into a 2-patch series as requested by Kuniyuki Iwashima.
- Update Fixes: tag to f4e1fb04c123 ("af_unix: Use cached value for
  SOCK_STREAM in unix_inq_len().").
- Call unix_orphan_scm(sk, skb) before consume_skb(skb) and use
  pskb_pull() instead of skb_pull() to safely handle non-linear paged skbs
  as noted by Sashiko.

Hui Peng (2):
  af_unix: decrement u->inq_len when skipping unread OOB skb in manage_oob()
  af_unix: skip consumed OOB skb and pull consumed bytes in unix_stream_read_skb()

 net/unix/af_unix.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

[PATCH net v2 1/2] af_unix: decrement u->inq_len when skipping unread OOB skb in manage_oob()

[Hui Peng]

When a normal in-band read on an AF_UNIX stream socket (without MSG_PEEK
and without SO_OOBINLINE) encounters an unread u->oob_skb in manage_oob(),
manage_oob() clears u->oob_skb, unlinks the 1-byte skb from
sk->sk_receive_queue, and drops it with SKB_DROP_REASON_UNIX_SKIP_OOB
without decrementing u->inq_len. Because queue_oob() incremented
u->inq_len by 1 when queuing the OOB skb, u->inq_len remains permanently
inflated by 1 byte for each skipped unread OOB skb, causing SIOCINQ /
FIONREAD to report a stale positive byte count on an empty socket.

Decrement u->inq_len by 1 when unlinking the unread OOB skb in
manage_oob().

Tested in QEMU against Linux 7.3.0-rc3 by sending three 1-byte MSG_OOB
packets interleaved with normal stream data on an AF_UNIX SOCK_STREAM
socketpair and draining all in-band data via recv(): on the unfixed
kernel, ioctl(SIOCINQ) reports 3 on the empty socket; with this patch
applied, ioctl(SIOCINQ) reports 0.

Fixes: f4e1fb04c123 ("af_unix: Use cached value for SOCK_STREAM in unix_inq_len().")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Split the manage_oob() and unix_stream_read_skb() fixes into a 2-patch
  series as requested by Kuniyuki Iwashima.
- Update Fixes: tag to f4e1fb04c123 ("af_unix: Use cached value for
  SOCK_STREAM in unix_inq_len().") and clarify the commit message as
  noted by Sashiko.

 net/unix/af_unix.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index 42cffeafc8c1..1770af3c2684 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -2849,6 +2849,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *manage_oob(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sk_buff **last,
 		WRITE_ONCE(u->oob_skb, NULL);
 
 		if (!sock_flag(sk, SOCK_URGINLINE)) {
+			WRITE_ONCE(u->inq_len, u->inq_len - 1);
 			__skb_unlink(skb, &sk->sk_receive_queue);
 			unread_skb = skb;
 			skb = skb_peek(&sk->sk_receive_queue);
-- 
2.55.0.1082.g2b9226bbc0-goog

[PATCH net v2 2/2] af_unix: skip consumed OOB skb and pull consumed bytes in unix_stream_read_skb()

[Hui Peng]

When an OOB byte is consumed via recv(MSG_OOB) in unix_stream_recv_urg(),
u->oob_skb is cleared to NULL and UNIXCB(oob_skb).consumed is incremented
to 1, but oob_skb remains on sk->sk_receive_queue (with unix_skb_len(skb)
== 0) to preserve the OOB mark until normal reads advance past it.
Similarly, a partial recv() in unix_stream_read_generic() advances
UNIXCB(skb).consumed without pulling the skb header and leaves the
partially consumed skb at the head of sk->sk_receive_queue.

If the socket is subsequently read via unix_stream_read_skb() (used by
BPF sockmap), unix_stream_read_skb() only checks skb == u->oob_skb
(which is only true for an unconsumed OOB skb) and ignores
UNIXCB(skb).consumed. As a result, a consumed OOB skb (unix_skb_len(skb)
== 0) is handed to recv_actor() and re-delivers the already consumed OOB
byte, and a partially consumed skb re-delivers its already consumed
prefix.

In unix_stream_read_skb(), skip and free zero-length consumed skbs (after
calling unix_orphan_scm() so SCM_RIGHTS fd accounting remains balanced)
and pull UNIXCB(skb).consumed bytes via pskb_pull() (which safely handles
both linear and non-linear paged skbs) before invoking recv_actor().

Tested in QEMU against Linux 7.3.0-rc3 with BPF_MAP_TYPE_SOCKMAP and a
BPF_SK_SKB_STREAM_VERDICT program:
1. Consuming a 1-byte MSG_OOB packet ("Z") before inserting the socket
   into sockmap and sending "HELLO" re-delivers "ZHELLO" on the unfixed
   kernel, whereas with this patch applied recv() receives "HELLO!".
2. Consuming a 3-byte prefix ("123") of "12345678" before inserting the
   socket into sockmap re-delivers "12345678" on the unfixed kernel,
   whereas with this patch applied recv() receives "45678".

Fixes: 77462de14a43 ("af_unix: Add read_sock for stream socket types")
Fixes: 314001f0bf92 ("af_unix: Add OOB support")
Fixes: 638f32604385 ("af_unix: Disable MSG_OOB handling for sockets in sockmap/sockhash")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Split out from the manage_oob() fix into patch 2/2 as requested by
  Kuniyuki Iwashima.
- Call unix_orphan_scm(sk, skb) before consume_skb(skb) when dropping a
  zero-length consumed skb so u->scm_stat.nr_fds is decremented, and use
  pskb_pull() instead of skb_pull() to safely handle non-linear paged
  skbs without hitting BUG() in __skb_pull(), as noted by Sashiko.

 net/unix/af_unix.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index 1770af3c2684..f5d64e7b5c1c 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -2885,6 +2885,7 @@ static int unix_stream_read_skb(struct sock *sk, skb_read_actor_t recv_actor)
 		return err;
 
 	mutex_lock(&u->iolock);
+again:
 	spin_lock(&queue->lock);
 
 	skb = __skb_dequeue(queue);
@@ -2894,6 +2895,13 @@ static int unix_stream_read_skb(struct sock *sk, skb_read_actor_t recv_actor)
 		return -EAGAIN;
 	}
 
+	if (!unix_skb_len(skb)) {
+		spin_unlock(&queue->lock);
+		unix_orphan_scm(sk, skb);
+		consume_skb(skb);
+		goto again;
+	}
+
 	WRITE_ONCE(u->inq_len, u->inq_len - unix_skb_len(skb));
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_AF_UNIX_OOB)
@@ -2913,6 +2921,14 @@ static int unix_stream_read_skb(struct sock *sk, skb_read_actor_t recv_actor)
 
 	mutex_unlock(&u->iolock);
 
+	if (UNIXCB(skb).consumed) {
+		if (!pskb_pull(skb, UNIXCB(skb).consumed)) {
+			kfree_skb(skb);
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+		UNIXCB(skb).consumed = 0;
+	}
+
 	return recv_actor(sk, skb);
 }
 
-- 
2.55.0.1082.g2b9226bbc0-goog

Re: [PATCH] af_unix: fix u->inq_len accounting in manage_oob() and unix_stream_read_skb()

[Kuniyuki Iwashima]

On Sat, Sep 19, 2026 at 3:17 PM Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> When an old OOB skb is replaced and discarded in manage_oob(), or when a
> fully consumed OOB skb is skipped in unix_stream_read_skb(), the
> discarded byte count is not subtracted from u->inq_len (or is subtracted
> inconsistently), causing SIOCINQ / FIONREAD to report stale positive
> byte counts on an empty AF_UNIX stream socket. Properly account
> u->inq_len when dropping or skipping consumed OOB skbs.
>
> Fixes: 314001f0bf92 ("af_unix: Add OOB support")
> Assisted-by: LLM

Please tell your LLM not to mix different fixes into one.

btw I'm tempted to remove OOB support entirely.

---
pw-bot: cr

[PATCH net v2 1/2] af_unix: decrement u->inq_len when skipping unread OOB skb in manage_oob()

[Hui Peng]

When a normal in-band read on an AF_UNIX stream socket (without MSG_PEEK
and without SO_OOBINLINE) encounters an unread u->oob_skb in manage_oob(),
manage_oob() clears u->oob_skb, unlinks the 1-byte skb from
sk->sk_receive_queue, and drops it with SKB_DROP_REASON_UNIX_SKIP_OOB
without decrementing u->inq_len. Because queue_oob() incremented
u->inq_len by 1 when queuing the OOB skb, u->inq_len remains permanently
inflated by 1 byte for each skipped unread OOB skb, causing SIOCINQ /
FIONREAD to report a stale positive byte count on an empty socket.

Decrement u->inq_len by 1 when unlinking the unread OOB skb in
manage_oob().

Tested in QEMU against Linux 7.3.0-rc3 by sending three 1-byte MSG_OOB
packets interleaved with normal stream data on an AF_UNIX SOCK_STREAM
socketpair and draining all in-band data via recv(): on the unfixed
kernel, ioctl(SIOCINQ) reports 3 on the empty socket; with this patch
applied, ioctl(SIOCINQ) reports 0.

Fixes: f4e1fb04c123 ("af_unix: Use cached value for SOCK_STREAM in unix_inq_len().")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Split the manage_oob() and unix_stream_read_skb() fixes into a 2-patch
  series as requested by Kuniyuki Iwashima.
- Update Fixes: tag to f4e1fb04c123 ("af_unix: Use cached value for
  SOCK_STREAM in unix_inq_len().") and clarify the commit message as
  noted by Sashiko.

 net/unix/af_unix.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index 42cffeafc8c1..1770af3c2684 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -2849,6 +2849,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *manage_oob(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sk_buff **last,
 		WRITE_ONCE(u->oob_skb, NULL);
 
 		if (!sock_flag(sk, SOCK_URGINLINE)) {
+			WRITE_ONCE(u->inq_len, u->inq_len - 1);
 			__skb_unlink(skb, &sk->sk_receive_queue);
 			unread_skb = skb;
 			skb = skb_peek(&sk->sk_receive_queue);
-- 
2.49.0