[PATCH net v3 2/2] selftests/net/af_unix: test listen() rejects wrong socket states
From: John Ericson <hidden>
Date: 2026-07-18 18:29:45
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lkml
Subsystem:
kernel selftest framework, networking [general], networking [unix sockets], the rest · Maintainers:
Shuah Khan, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Kuniyuki Iwashima, Linus Torvalds
From: John Ericson <redacted>
Add a regression test for the unix_listen() state check. The key case is
listen() on a bound socket that has already been connected: it is no
longer in TCP_CLOSE or TCP_LISTEN, so it must fail with EINVAL. A
prepare_peercred() call slipped in ahead of that check once left err at 0
and made listen() silently succeed there instead; this guards against a
repeat.
The neighbouring outcomes are covered too so they cannot regress the same
way: a bound socket in TCP_CLOSE listens fine, calling listen() again on a
socket already in TCP_LISTEN is allowed, and an unbound socket fails with
EINVAL.
Each case runs for both listenable socket types (SOCK_STREAM and
SOCK_SEQPACKET) and both pathname and abstract addresses.
Fixes: fd0a109a0f6b ("net, pidfs: prepare for handing out pidfds for reaped sk->sk_peer_pid")
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
Signed-off-by: John Ericson <redacted>
---
.../testing/selftests/net/af_unix/.gitignore | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/Makefile | 1 +
.../selftests/net/af_unix/unix_listen.c | 187 ++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 189 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/unix_listen.c
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/.gitignore
index 240b26740c9e..973176644103 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/.gitignore@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ scm_rights so_peek_off unix_connect unix_connreset +unix_listen
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/Makefile
index 4c0375e28bbe..57d159803a3a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/Makefile@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ TEST_GEN_PROGS := \ so_peek_off \ unix_connect \ unix_connreset \ + unix_listen \ # end of TEST_GEN_PROGS include ../../lib.mk
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/unix_listen.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/unix_listen.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..416fa3e5bfe9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/unix_listen.c@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@ +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 +/* + * Tests for the state checks in AF_UNIX listen(). + * + * The central case is a regression test: listen() on a bound socket that + * is already connected (i.e. not in TCP_CLOSE or TCP_LISTEN state) must + * fail with EINVAL. A prior change accidentally let it return success + * without doing anything, because a helper called in between reset the + * error code to 0. The neighbouring checks (unbound, already listening) + * are tested too so they cannot silently regress the same way. + * + * Every case runs for both listenable socket types (SOCK_STREAM and + * SOCK_SEQPACKET) and both pathname and abstract addresses. + */ +#define _GNU_SOURCE + +#include <errno.h> +#include <stddef.h> +#include <stdio.h> +#include <string.h> +#include <unistd.h> + +#include <sys/socket.h> +#include <sys/un.h> + +#include "kselftest_harness.h" + +#define SK_NAME "unix_listen_sk" +#define SRV_NAME "unix_listen_srv" + +FIXTURE(unix_listen) +{ + int sk; /* socket under test */ + int server; /* a listening peer, when a test needs one */ + struct sockaddr_un addr, srv_addr; + socklen_t addrlen, srv_addrlen; +}; + +FIXTURE_VARIANT(unix_listen) +{ + int type; + int abstract; +}; + +FIXTURE_VARIANT_ADD(unix_listen, stream_pathname) +{ + .type = SOCK_STREAM, + .abstract = 0, +}; + +FIXTURE_VARIANT_ADD(unix_listen, stream_abstract) +{ + .type = SOCK_STREAM, + .abstract = 1, +}; + +FIXTURE_VARIANT_ADD(unix_listen, seqpacket_pathname) +{ + .type = SOCK_SEQPACKET, + .abstract = 0, +}; + +FIXTURE_VARIANT_ADD(unix_listen, seqpacket_abstract) +{ + .type = SOCK_SEQPACKET, + .abstract = 1, +}; + +/* Fill @addr with a pathname or abstract address named @name. */ +static socklen_t unix_set_addr(struct sockaddr_un *addr, const char *name, + int abstract) +{ + size_t len = strlen(name); + + memset(addr, 0, sizeof(*addr)); + addr->sun_family = AF_UNIX; + /* An abstract address leads with a NUL and has no filesystem entry. */ + memcpy(addr->sun_path + (abstract ? 1 : 0), name, len); + + return offsetof(struct sockaddr_un, sun_path) + len + 1; +} + +FIXTURE_SETUP(unix_listen) +{ + self->sk = -1; + self->server = -1; + self->addrlen = unix_set_addr(&self->addr, SK_NAME, variant->abstract); + self->srv_addrlen = unix_set_addr(&self->srv_addr, SRV_NAME, + variant->abstract); +} + +FIXTURE_TEARDOWN(unix_listen) +{ + if (self->sk >= 0) + close(self->sk); + if (self->server >= 0) + close(self->server); + + /* Pathname sockets leave a filesystem entry behind; abstract ones do not. */ + if (!variant->abstract) { + remove(SK_NAME); + remove(SRV_NAME); + } +} + +/* A bound socket in TCP_CLOSE is the normal, allowed case. */ +TEST_F(unix_listen, bound_is_ok) +{ + int err; + + self->sk = socket(AF_UNIX, variant->type, 0); + ASSERT_LE(0, self->sk); + + err = bind(self->sk, (struct sockaddr *)&self->addr, self->addrlen); + ASSERT_EQ(0, err); + + err = listen(self->sk, 8); + EXPECT_EQ(0, err); +} + +/* Listening again on an already-listening socket (TCP_LISTEN) is allowed. */ +TEST_F(unix_listen, relisten_is_ok) +{ + int err; + + self->sk = socket(AF_UNIX, variant->type, 0); + ASSERT_LE(0, self->sk); + + err = bind(self->sk, (struct sockaddr *)&self->addr, self->addrlen); + ASSERT_EQ(0, err); + + err = listen(self->sk, 8); + ASSERT_EQ(0, err); + + err = listen(self->sk, 16); + EXPECT_EQ(0, err); +} + +/* listen() on an unbound socket fails: there is nothing to listen on. */ +TEST_F(unix_listen, unbound_is_einval) +{ + int err; + + self->sk = socket(AF_UNIX, variant->type, 0); + ASSERT_LE(0, self->sk); + + err = listen(self->sk, 8); + EXPECT_EQ(-1, err); + EXPECT_EQ(EINVAL, errno); +} + +/* + * The regression: a bound socket that has already been connected is not in + * TCP_CLOSE or TCP_LISTEN, so listen() must reject it with EINVAL rather + * than quietly succeeding. + */ +TEST_F(unix_listen, connected_is_einval) +{ + int err; + + self->server = socket(AF_UNIX, variant->type, 0); + ASSERT_LE(0, self->server); + + err = bind(self->server, (struct sockaddr *)&self->srv_addr, + self->srv_addrlen); + ASSERT_EQ(0, err); + + err = listen(self->server, 8); + ASSERT_EQ(0, err); + + self->sk = socket(AF_UNIX, variant->type, 0); + ASSERT_LE(0, self->sk); + + /* Bind first so the unbound check does not mask the state check. */ + err = bind(self->sk, (struct sockaddr *)&self->addr, self->addrlen); + ASSERT_EQ(0, err); + + err = connect(self->sk, (struct sockaddr *)&self->srv_addr, + self->srv_addrlen); + ASSERT_EQ(0, err); + + err = listen(self->sk, 8); + EXPECT_EQ(-1, err); + EXPECT_EQ(EINVAL, errno); +} + +TEST_HARNESS_MAIN
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