Re: [PATCH] nbd: restrict sockets to TCP and UDP
From: Pavel Machek
Date: Tue Nov 18 2025 - 13:06:04 EST
Hi!
> Recently, syzbot started to abuse NBD with all kinds of sockets.
>
> Commit cf1b2326b734 ("nbd: verify socket is supported during setup")
> made sure the socket supported a shutdown() method.
>
> Explicitely accept TCP and UNIX stream sockets.
Note that running nbd server and client on same machine is not safe in
read-write mode. It may deadlock under low memory conditions.
Thus I'm not sure if we should accept UNIX sockets.
Best regards,
Pavel
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