[PATCH net v3 2/2] selftests/net/af_unix: test listen() rejects wrong socket states
From: John Ericson
Date: Sat Jul 18 2026 - 14:30:23 EST
From: John Ericson <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Add a regression test for the unix_listen() state check. The key case is
listen() on a bound socket that has already been connected: it is no
longer in TCP_CLOSE or TCP_LISTEN, so it must fail with EINVAL. A
prepare_peercred() call slipped in ahead of that check once left err at 0
and made listen() silently succeed there instead; this guards against a
repeat.
The neighbouring outcomes are covered too so they cannot regress the same
way: a bound socket in TCP_CLOSE listens fine, calling listen() again on a
socket already in TCP_LISTEN is allowed, and an unbound socket fails with
EINVAL.
Each case runs for both listenable socket types (SOCK_STREAM and
SOCK_SEQPACKET) and both pathname and abstract addresses.
Fixes: fd0a109a0f6b ("net, pidfs: prepare for handing out pidfds for reaped sk->sk_peer_pid")
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
Signed-off-by: John Ericson <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../testing/selftests/net/af_unix/.gitignore | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/Makefile | 1 +
.../selftests/net/af_unix/unix_listen.c | 187 ++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 189 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/unix_listen.c
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/.gitignore
index 240b26740c9e..973176644103 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ scm_rights
so_peek_off
unix_connect
unix_connreset
+unix_listen
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/Makefile
index 4c0375e28bbe..57d159803a3a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ TEST_GEN_PROGS := \
so_peek_off \
unix_connect \
unix_connreset \
+ unix_listen \
# end of TEST_GEN_PROGS
include ../../lib.mk
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/unix_listen.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/unix_listen.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..416fa3e5bfe9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/af_unix/unix_listen.c
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Tests for the state checks in AF_UNIX listen().
+ *
+ * The central case is a regression test: listen() on a bound socket that
+ * is already connected (i.e. not in TCP_CLOSE or TCP_LISTEN state) must
+ * fail with EINVAL. A prior change accidentally let it return success
+ * without doing anything, because a helper called in between reset the
+ * error code to 0. The neighbouring checks (unbound, already listening)
+ * are tested too so they cannot silently regress the same way.
+ *
+ * Every case runs for both listenable socket types (SOCK_STREAM and
+ * SOCK_SEQPACKET) and both pathname and abstract addresses.
+ */
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/un.h>
+
+#include "kselftest_harness.h"
+
+#define SK_NAME "unix_listen_sk"
+#define SRV_NAME "unix_listen_srv"
+
+FIXTURE(unix_listen)
+{
+ int sk; /* socket under test */
+ int server; /* a listening peer, when a test needs one */
+ struct sockaddr_un addr, srv_addr;
+ socklen_t addrlen, srv_addrlen;
+};
+
+FIXTURE_VARIANT(unix_listen)
+{
+ int type;
+ int abstract;
+};
+
+FIXTURE_VARIANT_ADD(unix_listen, stream_pathname)
+{
+ .type = SOCK_STREAM,
+ .abstract = 0,
+};
+
+FIXTURE_VARIANT_ADD(unix_listen, stream_abstract)
+{
+ .type = SOCK_STREAM,
+ .abstract = 1,
+};
+
+FIXTURE_VARIANT_ADD(unix_listen, seqpacket_pathname)
+{
+ .type = SOCK_SEQPACKET,
+ .abstract = 0,
+};
+
+FIXTURE_VARIANT_ADD(unix_listen, seqpacket_abstract)
+{
+ .type = SOCK_SEQPACKET,
+ .abstract = 1,
+};
+
+/* Fill @addr with a pathname or abstract address named @name. */
+static socklen_t unix_set_addr(struct sockaddr_un *addr, const char *name,
+ int abstract)
+{
+ size_t len = strlen(name);
+
+ memset(addr, 0, sizeof(*addr));
+ addr->sun_family = AF_UNIX;
+ /* An abstract address leads with a NUL and has no filesystem entry. */
+ memcpy(addr->sun_path + (abstract ? 1 : 0), name, len);
+
+ return offsetof(struct sockaddr_un, sun_path) + len + 1;
+}
+
+FIXTURE_SETUP(unix_listen)
+{
+ self->sk = -1;
+ self->server = -1;
+ self->addrlen = unix_set_addr(&self->addr, SK_NAME, variant->abstract);
+ self->srv_addrlen = unix_set_addr(&self->srv_addr, SRV_NAME,
+ variant->abstract);
+}
+
+FIXTURE_TEARDOWN(unix_listen)
+{
+ if (self->sk >= 0)
+ close(self->sk);
+ if (self->server >= 0)
+ close(self->server);
+
+ /* Pathname sockets leave a filesystem entry behind; abstract ones do not. */
+ if (!variant->abstract) {
+ remove(SK_NAME);
+ remove(SRV_NAME);
+ }
+}
+
+/* A bound socket in TCP_CLOSE is the normal, allowed case. */
+TEST_F(unix_listen, bound_is_ok)
+{
+ int err;
+
+ self->sk = socket(AF_UNIX, variant->type, 0);
+ ASSERT_LE(0, self->sk);
+
+ err = bind(self->sk, (struct sockaddr *)&self->addr, self->addrlen);
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, err);
+
+ err = listen(self->sk, 8);
+ EXPECT_EQ(0, err);
+}
+
+/* Listening again on an already-listening socket (TCP_LISTEN) is allowed. */
+TEST_F(unix_listen, relisten_is_ok)
+{
+ int err;
+
+ self->sk = socket(AF_UNIX, variant->type, 0);
+ ASSERT_LE(0, self->sk);
+
+ err = bind(self->sk, (struct sockaddr *)&self->addr, self->addrlen);
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, err);
+
+ err = listen(self->sk, 8);
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, err);
+
+ err = listen(self->sk, 16);
+ EXPECT_EQ(0, err);
+}
+
+/* listen() on an unbound socket fails: there is nothing to listen on. */
+TEST_F(unix_listen, unbound_is_einval)
+{
+ int err;
+
+ self->sk = socket(AF_UNIX, variant->type, 0);
+ ASSERT_LE(0, self->sk);
+
+ err = listen(self->sk, 8);
+ EXPECT_EQ(-1, err);
+ EXPECT_EQ(EINVAL, errno);
+}
+
+/*
+ * The regression: a bound socket that has already been connected is not in
+ * TCP_CLOSE or TCP_LISTEN, so listen() must reject it with EINVAL rather
+ * than quietly succeeding.
+ */
+TEST_F(unix_listen, connected_is_einval)
+{
+ int err;
+
+ self->server = socket(AF_UNIX, variant->type, 0);
+ ASSERT_LE(0, self->server);
+
+ err = bind(self->server, (struct sockaddr *)&self->srv_addr,
+ self->srv_addrlen);
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, err);
+
+ err = listen(self->server, 8);
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, err);
+
+ self->sk = socket(AF_UNIX, variant->type, 0);
+ ASSERT_LE(0, self->sk);
+
+ /* Bind first so the unbound check does not mask the state check. */
+ err = bind(self->sk, (struct sockaddr *)&self->addr, self->addrlen);
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, err);
+
+ err = connect(self->sk, (struct sockaddr *)&self->srv_addr,
+ self->srv_addrlen);
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, err);
+
+ err = listen(self->sk, 8);
+ EXPECT_EQ(-1, err);
+ EXPECT_EQ(EINVAL, errno);
+}
+
+TEST_HARNESS_MAIN
--
2.54.0