# Re: \[PATCH net-next v7 0/4\] net: af\_unix: useful handling of LSM denials on SCM\_RIGHTS

- From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org
- Date: 2026-08-18 01:31:09 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2026/08/17426494
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2026/08/17408764/t.md

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Hello:

This series was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski [ref]:

On Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:28:14 -0400 you wrote:
> Right now if some LSM denies an AF_UNIX socket peer to receive a
> SCM_RIGHTS fd, the SCM_RIGHTS fd array will be cut short at
> that point, and MSG_CTRUNC is set on return of recvmsg(2). This is
> highly problematic behaviour, because it leaves the receiver
> wondering what happened. As per man page MSG_CTRUNC is supposed to
> indicate that the control buffer was sized too short, but suddenly
> a permission error might result in the exact same flag being set.
> Moreover, the receiver has no chance to determine how many fds got
> originally sent and how many were suppressed.[1]
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next,v7,1/4] net: af_unix: enable custom setsockopt for all socket types
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/de1c489b57c1
  - [net-next,v7,2/4] net: scm: move scm_detach_fds() from common path to scm_recv_unix()
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/48b84acc5e18
  - [net-next,v7,3/4] net: af_unix: useful handling of LSM denials on SCM_RIGHTS
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/fd8756fa1487
  - [net-next,v7,4/4] selftest: Add tests for useful handling of LSM denials on SCM_RIGHTS
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/5d513ce19de9

You are awesome, thank you!
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