[PATCH 1/6] nfsd: size fh_verify server sockaddr slot by xpt_locallen

From: Jeff Layton

Date: Sun May 31 2026 - 08:07:16 EST


From: Chris Mason <clm@xxxxxxxx>

The nfsd_fh_verify and nfsd_fh_verify_err tracepoints declare the
server sockaddr slot sized by xpt_remotelen but fill it from
xpt_local using xpt_locallen:

TP_STRUCT__entry(
...
__sockaddr(server, rqstp->rq_xprt->xpt_remotelen)
...
)
TP_fast_assign(
...
__assign_sockaddr(server, &rqstp->rq_xprt->xpt_local,
rqstp->rq_xprt->xpt_locallen);
...
)

When xpt_locallen exceeds xpt_remotelen, __assign_sockaddr's memcpy
writes past the reserved ring-buffer slot. In the reverse direction
(xpt_locallen < xpt_remotelen) the slot is oversized and the
unwritten tail leaks prior ring-buffer contents to trace consumers.

The write-past-end case is reachable on NFS/UDP. svc_xprt_set_remote()
is only called from svc_tcp_accept() (net/sunrpc/svcsock.c) and from
the RDMA connect path; svc_create_socket() for UDP calls only
svc_xprt_set_local(), so xpt_remotelen stays 0 for the xprt's
lifetime. Every fh_verify trace for an NFSv2/v3-over-UDP request
then copies 16 or 28 bytes from xpt_local into a zero-byte slot.

The other NFSD tracepoints that record the server address
(NFSD_TRACE_PROC_CALL_FIELDS, NFSD_TRACE_PROC_RES_FIELDS,
SVC_RQST_ENDPOINT_FIELDS) already size the server slot by
xpt_locallen; nfsd_fh_verify and nfsd_fh_verify_err were the only
exceptions.

Fix by sizing the server slot with xpt_locallen so the declared slot
matches the copy length. The client slot and its assignment already
agree on xpt_remotelen and are left untouched.

Fixes: 051382885552 ("NFSD: Instrument fh_verify()")
Assisted-by: kres:claude-opus-4-7
Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <clm@xxxxxxxx>
---
fs/nfsd/trace.h | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/nfsd/trace.h b/fs/nfsd/trace.h
index 9917c0440522..db0a0dc70660 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/trace.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/trace.h
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT_CONDITION(nfsd_fh_verify,
TP_CONDITION(rqstp != NULL),
TP_STRUCT__entry(
__field(unsigned int, netns_ino)
- __sockaddr(server, rqstp->rq_xprt->xpt_remotelen)
+ __sockaddr(server, rqstp->rq_xprt->xpt_locallen)
__sockaddr(client, rqstp->rq_xprt->xpt_remotelen)
__field(u32, xid)
__field(u32, fh_hash)
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT_CONDITION(nfsd_fh_verify_err,
TP_CONDITION(rqstp != NULL && error),
TP_STRUCT__entry(
__field(unsigned int, netns_ino)
- __sockaddr(server, rqstp->rq_xprt->xpt_remotelen)
+ __sockaddr(server, rqstp->rq_xprt->xpt_locallen)
__sockaddr(client, rqstp->rq_xprt->xpt_remotelen)
__field(u32, xid)
__field(u32, fh_hash)

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