Re: [PATCH bpf-next v5 1/3] bpf, sockmap: Fix incorrect copied_seq calculation

From: Jakub Sitnicki

Date: Wed Jan 07 2026 - 08:01:31 EST


On Tue, Jan 06, 2026 at 01:14 PM +08, Jiayuan Chen wrote:
> A socket using sockmap has its own independent receive queue: ingress_msg.
> This queue may contain data from its own protocol stack or from other
> sockets.
>
> The issue is that when reading from ingress_msg, we update tp->copied_seq
> by default. However, if the data is not from its own protocol stack,
> tcp->rcv_nxt is not increased. Later, if we convert this socket to a
> native socket, reading from this socket may fail because copied_seq might
> be significantly larger than rcv_nxt.
>
> This fix also addresses the syzkaller-reported bug referenced in the
> Closes tag.
>
> This patch marks the skmsg objects in ingress_msg. When reading, we update
> copied_seq only if the data is from its own protocol stack.
>
> FD1:read()
> -- FD1->copied_seq++
> | [read data]
> |
> [enqueue data] v
> [sockmap] -> ingress to self -> ingress_msg queue
> FD1 native stack ------> ^
> -- FD1->rcv_nxt++ -> redirect to other | [enqueue data]
> | |
> | ingress to FD1
> v ^
> ... | [sockmap]
> FD2 native stack
>
> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=06dbd397158ec0ea4983
> Fixes: 04919bed948dc ("tcp: Introduce tcp_read_skb()")
> Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/skmsg.h | 2 ++
> net/core/skmsg.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
> net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c | 5 +++--
> 3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/skmsg.h b/include/linux/skmsg.h
> index 49847888c287..0323a2b6cf5e 100644
> --- a/include/linux/skmsg.h
> +++ b/include/linux/skmsg.h
> @@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ int sk_msg_memcopy_from_iter(struct sock *sk, struct iov_iter *from,
> struct sk_msg *msg, u32 bytes);
> int sk_msg_recvmsg(struct sock *sk, struct sk_psock *psock, struct msghdr *msg,
> int len, int flags);
> +int __sk_msg_recvmsg(struct sock *sk, struct sk_psock *psock, struct msghdr *msg,
> + int len, int flags, int *from_self_copied);
> bool sk_msg_is_readable(struct sock *sk);
>
> static inline void sk_msg_check_to_free(struct sk_msg *msg, u32 i, u32 bytes)
> diff --git a/net/core/skmsg.c b/net/core/skmsg.c
> index 2ac7731e1e0a..d73e03f7713a 100644
> --- a/net/core/skmsg.c
> +++ b/net/core/skmsg.c
> @@ -409,14 +409,14 @@ int sk_msg_memcopy_from_iter(struct sock *sk, struct iov_iter *from,
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sk_msg_memcopy_from_iter);
>
> -/* Receive sk_msg from psock->ingress_msg to @msg. */
> -int sk_msg_recvmsg(struct sock *sk, struct sk_psock *psock, struct msghdr *msg,
> - int len, int flags)
> +int __sk_msg_recvmsg(struct sock *sk, struct sk_psock *psock, struct msghdr *msg,
> + int len, int flags, int *from_self_copied)
> {
> struct iov_iter *iter = &msg->msg_iter;
> int peek = flags & MSG_PEEK;
> struct sk_msg *msg_rx;
> int i, copied = 0;
> + bool to_self;

Nit: Can we unify the naming and make it read more naturally?

s/to_self/from_self/
s/from_self_copied/copied_from_self/

Otherwise LGTM:

Reviewed-by: Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>