Re: [PATCH net] vsock/virtio: Fix error code in virtio_transport_recv_listen()

From: Michael S. Tsirkin
Date: Thu Dec 11 2025 - 02:51:10 EST


On Thu, Dec 11, 2025 at 10:45:47AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> Return a negative error code if the transport doesn't match. Don't
> return success.
>
> Fixes: c0cfa2d8a788 ("vsock: add multi-transports support")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>


Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> >From static analysis. Not tested.
>
> net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
> index dcc8a1d5851e..77fbc6c541bf 100644
> --- a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
> +++ b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
> @@ -1550,7 +1550,7 @@ virtio_transport_recv_listen(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
> release_sock(child);
> virtio_transport_reset_no_sock(t, skb);
> sock_put(child);
> - return ret;
> + return ret ?: -EINVAL;
> }
>
> if (virtio_transport_space_update(child, skb))
> --
> 2.51.0