[PATCH net-next 0/2] net: a sockopt_t quirk for the options that write past optlen

From: Breno Leitao

Date: Thu Sep 10 2026 - 05:56:36 EST


This series continues the migration of our protocols to sockopt_t, as
described in [1].

There are some protocols that use optlen as the header size, and the real
buffer size comes from a field inside the header. This means a bug, given
that optlen should be the full buffer size, but there are indications [2]
that we have programs that use the bad behaviour above, and we want to
avoid breaking them (or, honestly, avoid being cursed by Linus).

That said, create a quirk helper that preserves the same behaviour, even
using sockopt_t. The way to do it is simple:

1) Only do it for userspace callers (ubuf), otherwise a bug here will
corrupt the kernel instead of a simple SIGSEGV.
2) Expand optval mid-air based on the header field.

IP_MSFILTER is the first user, and the smallest one: a single caller, no
compat variant, and a reply written front to back. MCAST_MSFILTER on ipv4
and ipv6 comes next, and TCP_AO_GET_KEYS has the same shape. Do this
quirk on IP_MSFILTER to make sure the dynamic is ok, so, we can expand
it later.

None of this is meant to change what userspace sees.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260401-getsockopt-v2-0-611df6771aff@xxxxxxxxxx/ [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260806-mcast_fix-v1-0-bed0a5518e57@xxxxxxxxxx/ [2]

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Breno Leitao (2):
net: add sockopt_expand_out()
ipv4: igmp: convert ip_mc_msfget() to sockopt_t

include/linux/igmp.h | 3 ++-
include/linux/net.h | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
net/ipv4/igmp.c | 23 ++++++++++++++---------
net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c | 10 +++++++++-
net/socket.c | 4 ++--
5 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 548b86839f7fb819a4d6c83b71c73ec378d24275
change-id: 20260909-getsockopt_phase6-c7c96a21b062

Best regards,
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Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>