[PATCH] libbpf: use SOCK_CLOEXEC when opening the netlink socket

Subsystems: bpf [general] (safe dynamic programs and tools), bpf [library] (libbpf), the rest

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2 messages, 2 authors, 2021-03-17 · open the first message on its own page

[PATCH] libbpf: use SOCK_CLOEXEC when opening the netlink socket

From: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
Date: 2021-03-17 10:50:56

Otherwise, there exists a small window between the opening and closing
of the socket fd where it may leak into processes launched by some other
thread.

Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
---
 tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c b/tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c
index 4dd73de00..d2cb28e9e 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static int libbpf_netlink_open(__u32 *nl_pid)
 	memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(sa));
 	sa.nl_family = AF_NETLINK;
 
-	sock = socket(AF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW, NETLINK_ROUTE);
+	sock = socket(AF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW | SOCK_CLOEXEC, NETLINK_ROUTE);
 	if (sock < 0)
 		return -errno;
 
-- 
2.30.2

Re: [PATCH] libbpf: use SOCK_CLOEXEC when opening the netlink socket

From: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <hidden>
Date: 2021-03-17 11:08:36

Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi [off-list ref] writes:
Otherwise, there exists a small window between the opening and closing
of the socket fd where it may leak into processes launched by some other
thread.

Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
FYI, you should be tagging patches with the tree they are targeting. In
this case probably the 'bpf' tree (so [PATCH bpf] in the subject).

Also, a Fixes: tag would be nice here?

-Toke
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