[PATCH] rust_binder: reject context manager self-transaction
From: Keshav Verma
Date: Sun Jun 21 2026 - 17:01:54 EST
Rust binder resolved handle 0 to the context manager node, but it does not
reject the case where the caller owns the same node.
The C binder driver rejects transactions from the context-manager process
to handle 0 after resolving the target node. Match that behavior in Rust
Binder by rejecting handle 0 transactions when the resolved context-manager
node is owned by the calling process.
This applies to both synchronous and oneway transactions because both paths
resolve the target through Process::get_transaction_node().
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: eafedbc7c050 ("rust_binder: add Rust Binder driver")
Signed-off-by: Keshav Verma <iganschel@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/android/binder/process.rs | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/android/binder/process.rs b/drivers/android/binder/process.rs
index d09facebddf6..5befff9cf5b9 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder/process.rs
+++ b/drivers/android/binder/process.rs
@@ -901,7 +901,11 @@ pub(crate) fn insert_or_update_handle(
pub(crate) fn get_transaction_node(&self, handle: u32) -> BinderResult<NodeRef> {
// When handle is zero, try to get the context manager.
if handle == 0 {
- Ok(self.ctx.get_manager_node(true)?)
+ let node_ref = self.ctx.get_manager_node(true)?;
+ if core::ptr::eq(self, &*node_ref.node.owner) {
+ return Err(EINVAL.into());
+ }
+ Ok(node_ref)
} else {
Ok(self.get_node_from_handle(handle, true)?)
}
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