Re: [PATCH net] tcp: reject devmem tx with fastopen and repair
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From: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com>
Date: 2026-10-08 12:54:02
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On 10/5/26 22:40, Kaifeng Wang wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
tcp_sendmsg_locked() enforces that devmem TX can only proceed if the zero-copy path is active and a valid dmabuf binding exists. However, subsequent branches in tcp_sendmsg_locked() can still intercept the message before it reaches the devmem zero-copy loop: 1. TCP Fast Open (MSG_FASTOPEN or DEFER_CONNECT): If TCP_FASTOPEN_CONNECT is set, the socket may have a valid dst with NETIF_F_SG (so zc == MSG_ZEROCOPY and binding is present), but tcp_sendmsg_fastopen() -> tcp_send_syn_data() will use copy_page_from_iter() to byte-copy from the iterator. Since iov_base represents dma-buf offsets rather than user virtual addresses, this misinterprets offsets as user pointers and copies arbitrary user memory into the SYN packet. 2. TCP repair mode: If tp->repair is enabled with TCP_RECV_QUEUE, tcp_send_rcvq() similarly calls skb_copy_datagram_from_iter(), byte-copying from the iterator. Neither path supports or makes sense for devmem transmission. Reject devmem sends if Fast Open or repair mode is active. This pre-existing issue was identified by Sashiko AI review on commit 125755776bc6 ("tcp: reject non zerocopy devmem tx") and has not been hit in production. Fixes: 125755776bc6 ("tcp: reject non zerocopy devmem tx") Fixes: bd61848900bf ("net: devmem: Implement TX path") Signed-off-by: Kaifeng Wang <redacted> --- net/ipv4/tcp.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c index 87ef6d5cbfeb..225e758c194a 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c@@ -1169,7 +1169,9 @@ int tcp_sendmsg_locked(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size) zc = MSG_SPLICE_PAGES; } - if (!sockc_err && sockc.dmabuf_id && (zc != MSG_ZEROCOPY || !binding)) { + if (!sockc_err && sockc.dmabuf_id && + (zc != MSG_ZEROCOPY || !binding || tp->repair || + (flags & MSG_FASTOPEN) || inet_test_bit(DEFER_CONNECT, sk))) {
It becomes unhandy, and taking into account the issue Stan commented
about, I think it'd make sense to do the checks under the repair and
fast open "ifs".
if (((1 << sk->sk_state) & ~(TCPF_ESTABLISHED | TCPF_CLOSE_WAIT)) &&
!tcp_passive_fastopen(sk)) {
if (binding) // fail;
}
if (unlikely(tp->repair)) {
if (binding) // fail;
}
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Pavel Begunkov