[PATCH] af_unix: mark MSG_SPLICE_PAGES frags shared

From: Yiming Qian

Date: Tue Jun 30 2026 - 03:06:53 EST


unix_stream_sendmsg() splices external pages directly into skb frags when
MSG_SPLICE_PAGES is set, but it does not propagate SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG
afterward.

That leaves later writers without the shared-frag marker even though the
skb still references externally owned pages.

Set the marker after a successful skb_splice_from_iter() call.

Fixes: a0dbf5f818f90 ("af_unix: Support MSG_SPLICE_PAGES")
Reported-by: Yiming Qian <yimingqian591@xxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Can Liu <lingchen5202005@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Yiming Qian <yimingqian591@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Can Liu <lingchen5202005@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/unix/af_unix.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index f7a9d55eee8a1..f2cd0f8ec0914 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -2458,6 +2458,7 @@ static int unix_stream_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
goto out_free;

size = err;
+ skb_shinfo(skb)->flags |= SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG;
refcount_add(size, &sk->sk_wmem_alloc);
} else {
skb_put(skb, size - data_len);
--
2.34.1