[PATCH net v6 1/4] vsock/virtio: fix potential underflow in virtio_transport_get_credit()
From: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
Date: 2026-01-21 09:36:40
Also in:
kvm, lkml, virtualization
Subsystem:
networking [general], the rest, virtio and vhost vsock driver, virtio core, vm sockets (af_vsock) · Maintainers:
"David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds, Stefan Hajnoczi, Stefano Garzarella, "Michael S. Tsirkin", Jason Wang
From: Melbin K Mathew <redacted>
The credit calculation in virtio_transport_get_credit() uses unsigned
arithmetic:
ret = vvs->peer_buf_alloc - (vvs->tx_cnt - vvs->peer_fwd_cnt);
If the peer shrinks its advertised buffer (peer_buf_alloc) while bytes
are in flight, the subtraction can underflow and produce a large
positive value, potentially allowing more data to be queued than the
peer can handle.
Reuse virtio_transport_has_space() which already handles this case and
add a comment to make it clear why we are doing that.
Fixes: 06a8fc78367d ("VSOCK: Introduce virtio_vsock_common.ko")
Suggested-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Melbin K Mathew <redacted>
[Stefano: use virtio_transport_has_space() instead of duplicating the code]
[Stefano: tweak the commit message]
Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
---
net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c | 16 +++++++++-------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
index 26b979ad71f0..6175124d63d3 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ static void virtio_transport_cancel_close_work(struct vsock_sock *vsk, bool cancel_timeout); +static s64 virtio_transport_has_space(struct virtio_vsock_sock *vvs); static const struct virtio_transport * virtio_transport_get_ops(struct vsock_sock *vsk)
@@ -499,9 +500,7 @@ u32 virtio_transport_get_credit(struct virtio_vsock_sock *vvs, u32 credit) return 0; spin_lock_bh(&vvs->tx_lock); - ret = vvs->peer_buf_alloc - (vvs->tx_cnt - vvs->peer_fwd_cnt); - if (ret > credit) - ret = credit; + ret = min_t(u32, credit, virtio_transport_has_space(vvs)); vvs->tx_cnt += ret; vvs->bytes_unsent += ret; spin_unlock_bh(&vvs->tx_lock);
@@ -877,11 +876,14 @@ u32 virtio_transport_seqpacket_has_data(struct vsock_sock *vsk) } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtio_transport_seqpacket_has_data); -static s64 virtio_transport_has_space(struct vsock_sock *vsk) +static s64 virtio_transport_has_space(struct virtio_vsock_sock *vvs) { - struct virtio_vsock_sock *vvs = vsk->trans; s64 bytes; + /* Use s64 arithmetic so if the peer shrinks peer_buf_alloc while + * we have bytes in flight (tx_cnt - peer_fwd_cnt), the subtraction + * does not underflow. + */ bytes = (s64)vvs->peer_buf_alloc - (vvs->tx_cnt - vvs->peer_fwd_cnt); if (bytes < 0) bytes = 0;
@@ -895,7 +897,7 @@ s64 virtio_transport_stream_has_space(struct vsock_sock *vsk) s64 bytes; spin_lock_bh(&vvs->tx_lock); - bytes = virtio_transport_has_space(vsk); + bytes = virtio_transport_has_space(vvs); spin_unlock_bh(&vvs->tx_lock); return bytes;
@@ -1492,7 +1494,7 @@ static bool virtio_transport_space_update(struct sock *sk, spin_lock_bh(&vvs->tx_lock); vvs->peer_buf_alloc = le32_to_cpu(hdr->buf_alloc); vvs->peer_fwd_cnt = le32_to_cpu(hdr->fwd_cnt); - space_available = virtio_transport_has_space(vsk); + space_available = virtio_transport_has_space(vvs); spin_unlock_bh(&vvs->tx_lock); return space_available; }
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