[PATCH net-next v4 0/3] net: af_unix: useful handling of LSM denials on SCM_RIGHTS

From: Jori Koolstra

Date: Sun Jul 05 2026 - 08:38:25 EST


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]

Add a SO_RIGHTS_NOTRUNC option to UNIX sockets to enable more useful
handling of LSM denials when receiving SCM_RIGHTS messages: instead of
truncating the message at the first blocked fd, keep every fd slot
and store the LSM errno in the blocked slot.

[1]: https://github.com/uapi-group/kernel-features#useful-handling-of-lsm-denials-on-scm_rights

Changes:
v4:
- Removed the __receive_fd() helper and moved logic into
scm_recv_one_fd() directly (suggested by Brauner).
- Moved selftest from Smack to BPF (LLM assisted).
- Add arch specific socket option values for SO_RIGHTS_NOTRUNC.
- Undo patch that replaced copy_from_sockptr() with
copy_safe_from_sockptr().
v3:
- Separated net and vfs changes.
- Use kselftest_harness.h and system() to call the test script.
v2: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260616143020.3458085-2-jkoolstra@xxxxxxxxx/
- Reimplemented as a UNIX socket option instead of a per recvmsg(2) flag.
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260428175125.2705296-1-jkoolstra@xxxxxxxxx/

Jori Koolstra (3):
net: scm: move scm_detach_fds() from common path to scm_recv_unix()
net: af_unix: useful handling of LSM denials on SCM_RIGHTS
selftest: Add tests for useful handling of LSM denials on SCM_RIGHTS

arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/socket.h | 2 +
arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/socket.h | 2 +
arch/parisc/include/uapi/asm/socket.h | 2 +
arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/socket.h | 2 +
include/net/af_unix.h | 1 +
include/net/scm.h | 13 +-
include/uapi/asm-generic/socket.h | 2 +
net/compat.c | 4 +-
net/core/scm.c | 42 ++-
net/unix/af_unix.c | 9 +
.../testing/selftests/net/af_unix/.gitignore | 2 +
tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/Makefile | 8 +
.../net/af_unix/scm_rights_denial_lsm.bpf.c | 36 +++
.../net/af_unix/scm_rights_denial_lsm.c | 263 ++++++++++++++++++
14 files changed, 371 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/scm_rights_denial_lsm.bpf.c
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/scm_rights_denial_lsm.c


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