networking [unix sockets] · Maintained

Maintainers

• M Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>

Paths

• F include/net/af_unix.h
• F include/net/netns/unix.h
• F include/uapi/linux/unix_diag.h
• F net/unix/
• F tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• HOTtoday [PATCH net] selftests: af_unix: skip scm_inq tests when SO_INQ is unsupported
  2026-07-30 14:46 · 0 replies in 7d · Sebastian Chlad <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v1] af_unix: fix use-after-free in unix_stream_recv_urg()
  2026-07-28 16:21 · 0 replies in 7d · Muhammad Bilal <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v1] af_unix: fix use-after-free in unix_stream_recv_urg()
  2026-07-28 16:15 · 0 replies in 7d · Muhammad Bilal <hidden>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
  2 attestations (2 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-21
• Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
  1 attestation (1 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-12

Recent patches

Most-recent 30 patches in this subsystem on netdev (capped at 30), ordered by date desc.

• HOTtoday [PATCH net] selftests: af_unix: skip scm_inq tests when SO_INQ is unsupported
  2026-07-30 · Sebastian Chlad <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v1] af_unix: fix use-after-free in unix_stream_recv_urg()
  2026-07-28 · Muhammad Bilal <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v1] af_unix: fix use-after-free in unix_stream_recv_urg()
  2026-07-28 · Muhammad Bilal <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH net-next v3 3/3] af_unix: Clean up unix_schedule_gc()
  2026-07-22 · Nam Cao <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH net-next v3 2/3] af_unix: Do not wait for garbage collector in sendmsg()
  2026-07-22 · Nam Cao <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH net-next v3 1/3] af_unix: Schedule the garbage collector at task exit
  2026-07-22 · Nam Cao <hidden>
• WARM2d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH 6.12 0030/1276] af_unix/scm: fix whitespace errors
  2026-07-21 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH net-next v2] net: Replace %pK output with 0
  2026-07-20 · Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
• COOLING5d [PATCH net v3 2/2] selftests/net/af_unix: test listen() rejects wrong socket states
  2026-07-18 · John Ericson <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH net v3 1/2] af_unix: fix listen() succeeding on sockets in the wrong state
  2026-07-18 · John Ericson <hidden>
• COOLING9d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH 6.12.y 5/9] af_unix/scm: fix whitespace errors
  2026-07-17 · Heiko Stuebner <heiko@sntech.de>
• COOLING10d [PATCH net-next v2 3/3] af_unix: Clean up unix_schedule_gc()
  2026-07-17 · Nam Cao <hidden>
• COOLING10d [PATCH net-next v2 1/3] af_unix: Schedule the garbage collector at task exit
  2026-07-17 · Nam Cao <hidden>
• COOLING10d [PATCH net-next v2 2/3] af_unix: Do not wait for garbage collector in sendmsg()
  2026-07-17 · Nam Cao <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH] unix: use kvmalloc_array() for BPF iterator batches
  2026-07-16 · Weimin Xiong <hidden>
• COOLING7d [PATCH 2/2] net/sock: Propagate WF_SYNC only when requested
  2026-07-14 · Srikar Dronamraju <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH RFC net-next v3 3/3] net: Const qualify network templated ctl_tables Arrays
  2026-07-13 · Joel Granados <joel.granados@kernel.org>
• HOTtoday REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [net-next v5 3/4] net: af_unix: useful handling of LSM denials on SCM_RIGHTS
  2026-07-12 · Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@xs4all.nl>
• HOTtoday [net-next v5 4/4] selftest: Add tests for useful handling of LSM denials on SCM_RIGHTS
  2026-07-12 · Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@xs4all.nl>
• HOTtoday [net-next v5 1/4] net: af_unix: enable custom setsockopt for all socket types
  2026-07-12 · Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@xs4all.nl>
• COLD19d [PATCH] af_unix: add cond_resched() when flushing receive queue on close
  2026-07-11 · <hidden>
• COOLING9d [PATCH net 1/7] selftests: af_unix: add USER_NS config
  2026-07-10 · "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>
• COOLING9d [PATCH net-next] net: Convert %pK back to %p
  2026-07-06 · Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
• COLD18d [PATCH net-next v4 3/3] selftest: Add tests for useful handling of LSM denials on SCM_RIGHTS
  2026-07-05 · Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@xs4all.nl>
• COLD18d [PATCH net-next v4 2/3] net: af_unix: useful handling of LSM denials on SCM_RIGHTS
  2026-07-05 · Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@xs4all.nl>
• COLD27d [PATCH net-next v2 3/3] af_unix: Clean up error handling in unix_listen()
  2026-07-03 · John Ericson <hidden>
• COLD27d [PATCH net v2 2/3] selftests/net/af_unix: test listen() rejects wrong socket states
  2026-07-03 · John Ericson <hidden>
• COLD27d [PATCH net v2 1/3] af_unix: fix listen() succeeding on sockets in the wrong state
  2026-07-03 · John Ericson <hidden>
• COOLING7d [RFC PATCH 3/3] coredump, net: remove `SOCK_COREDUMP`
  2026-07-03 · John Ericson <hidden>
• COOLING7d [RFC PATCH 2/3] af_unix: factor out kernel_unix_connect_direct()
  2026-07-03 · John Ericson <hidden>

Needs attention (review trailers in, no pickup)

Patches with review trailers that haven't landed in mainline and haven't been Acked by a maintainer. Oldest first.

• STALE141d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH net-next v3] selftests: af_unix: validate SO_PEEK_OFF advancement and reset
  2026-03-10 · Soichiro Ueda <hidden> · 2 Reviewed-by
• STALE114d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net 1/1] af_unix: read UNIX_DIAG_VFS data under unix_state_lock
  2026-04-06 · Ren Wei <hidden> · 1 Tested-by
• STALE111d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net v2 1/1] af_unix: read UNIX_DIAG_VFS data under unix_state_lock
  2026-04-07 · Ren Wei <hidden> · 1 Tested-by
• STALE111d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net 1/1] af_unix: Hold receive queue lock in ioctl(SIOCATMARK)
  2026-04-10 · Ren Wei <hidden> · 1 Tested-by
• STALE106d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net v2 1/1] af_unix: Reject SIOCATMARK on non-stream sockets
  2026-04-13 · Ren Wei <hidden> · 1 Tested-by
• STALE106d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH bpf v4 2/5] bpf, sockmap: Fix af_unix iter deadlock
  2026-04-14 · Michal Luczaj <hidden> · 2 Reviewed-by
• STALE70d REVIEWED: 4 (3M) [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18] af_unix: read UNIX_DIAG_VFS data under unix_state_lock
  2026-04-20 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by, 1 Tested-by
• COLD35d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH 5.15/6.1/6.6] af_unix: Reject SIOCATMARK on non-stream sockets
  2026-06-24 · Alexander Martyniuk <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• HOTtoday REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [net-next v5 3/4] net: af_unix: useful handling of LSM denials on SCM_RIGHTS
  2026-07-12 · Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@xs4all.nl> · 1 Reviewed-by

Quiet for 30+ days

Patches with no review trailers and no replies. Either the author is heads-down elsewhere or these slipped through. Oldest first.

• STALE166d Re: [PATCH v4 1/6] lsm: Add LSM hook security_unix_find
  2026-02-10 · Justin Suess <hidden>
• STALE136d [PATCH v3 03/12] net: change sock.sk_ino and sock_i_ino() to u64
  2026-03-04 · Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
• STALE111d Re: [PATCH net 1/1] af_unix: Hold receive queue lock in ioctl(SIOCATMARK)
  2026-04-10 · Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
• DORMANTno replies Re: [PATCH net 1/1] af_unix: Hold receive queue lock in ioctl(SIOCATMARK)
  2026-04-10 · Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
• COLD58d [RFC PATCH 2/2] selftest: Add tests for useful handling of LSM denials on SCM_RIGHTS
  2026-04-28 · Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@xs4all.nl>
• STALE73d [PATCH 2/3] af_unix: Simplify unix_stream_data_wait()
  2026-05-15 · Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
• STALE73d [PATCH 3/3] af_unix: prevent spurious reader wakeups by writer
  2026-05-15 · Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
• COLD44d [PATCH v2 3/4] net: af_unix: replace copy_from_sockptr() with copy_safe_from_sockptr()
  2026-06-16 · Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@xs4all.nl>
• COLD44d [PATCH v2 4/4] selftest: Add tests for useful handling of LSM denials on SCM_RIGHTS
  2026-06-16 · Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@xs4all.nl>