Re: [PATCH 3/7] net/tcp: Limit TCP_AO_REPAIR to non-listen sockets

From: Dmitry Safonov
Date: Tue Nov 21 2023 - 12:50:23 EST


On 11/21/23 08:21, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 3:01 AM Dmitry Safonov <dima@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Listen socket is not an established TCP connection, so
>> setsockopt(TCP_AO_REPAIR) doesn't have any impact.
>>
>> Restrict this uAPI for listen sockets.
>>
>> Fixes: faadfaba5e01 ("net/tcp: Add TCP_AO_REPAIR")
>> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Safonov <dima@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> net/ipv4/tcp.c | 6 ++++++
>> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
>> index 53bcc17c91e4..2836515ab3d7 100644
>> --- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
>> +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
>> @@ -3594,6 +3594,10 @@ int do_tcp_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
>> break;
>>
>> case TCP_AO_REPAIR:
>> + if (sk->sk_state == TCP_LISTEN) {
>> + err = -ENOSTR;
>
> ENOSTR is not used a single time in linux.
>
> I suggest you use tcp_can_repair_sock() helper (and return -EPERM as
> other TCP_REPAIR options)

Sounds good to me. Unsure why I didn't use tcp_can_repair_sock() in the
first place. Will do in v2.

>
>> + break;
>> + }
>> err = tcp_ao_set_repair(sk, optval, optlen);
>> break;
>> #ifdef CONFIG_TCP_AO
>> @@ -4293,6 +4297,8 @@ int do_tcp_getsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level,
>> }
>> #endif
>> case TCP_AO_REPAIR:
>> + if (sk->sk_state == TCP_LISTEN)
>> + return -ENOSTR;
>> return tcp_ao_get_repair(sk, optval, optlen);
>> case TCP_AO_GET_KEYS:
>> case TCP_AO_INFO: {
>> --
>> 2.42.0
>>

Thanks,
Dmitry