[PATCH] virtiofs: add FUSE protocol validation
From: Yuto Ohnuki
Date: Mon Feb 16 2026 - 02:32:20 EST
Add virtio_fs_verify_response() to validate that the server properly
follows the FUSE protocol by checking:
- Response length is at least sizeof(struct fuse_out_header).
- oh.len matches the actual response length.
- oh.unique matches the request's unique identifier.
On validation failure, set error to -EIO and normalize oh.len to prevent
underflow in copy_args_from_argbuf().
Addresses the TODO comment in virtio_fs_request_complete().
Signed-off-by: Yuto Ohnuki <ytohnuki@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c b/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c
index b2f6486fe1d5..8847d083ce57 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c
@@ -758,6 +758,27 @@ static void copy_args_from_argbuf(struct fuse_args *args, struct fuse_req *req)
req->argbuf = NULL;
}
+/* Verify that the server properly follows the FUSE protocol */
+static bool virtio_fs_verify_response(struct fuse_req *req, unsigned int len)
+{
+ struct fuse_out_header *oh = &req->out.h;
+
+ if (len < sizeof(*oh)) {
+ pr_warn("virtio-fs: response too short (%u)\n", len);
+ return false;
+ }
+ if (oh->len != len) {
+ pr_warn("virtio-fs: oh.len mismatch (%u != %u)\n", oh->len, len);
+ return false;
+ }
+ if (oh->unique != req->in.h.unique) {
+ pr_warn("virtio-fs: oh.unique mismatch (%llu != %llu)\n",
+ oh->unique, req->in.h.unique);
+ return false;
+ }
+ return true;
+}
+
/* Work function for request completion */
static void virtio_fs_request_complete(struct fuse_req *req,
struct virtio_fs_vq *fsvq)
@@ -767,10 +788,6 @@ static void virtio_fs_request_complete(struct fuse_req *req,
unsigned int len, i, thislen;
struct folio *folio;
- /*
- * TODO verify that server properly follows FUSE protocol
- * (oh.uniq, oh.len)
- */
args = req->args;
copy_args_from_argbuf(args, req);
@@ -824,6 +841,10 @@ static void virtio_fs_requests_done_work(struct work_struct *work)
virtqueue_disable_cb(vq);
while ((req = virtqueue_get_buf(vq, &len)) != NULL) {
+ if (!virtio_fs_verify_response(req, len)) {
+ req->out.h.error = -EIO;
+ req->out.h.len = sizeof(struct fuse_out_header);
+ }
spin_lock(&fpq->lock);
list_move_tail(&req->list, &reqs);
spin_unlock(&fpq->lock);
--
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