Re: [PATCH net v3 1/2] af_unix: fix listen() succeeding on sockets in the wrong state
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
Date: Fri Jul 24 2026 - 18:22:29 EST
Hello:
This series was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>:
On Sat, 18 Jul 2026 14:29:01 -0400 you wrote:
> From: John Ericson <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Commit fd0a109a0f6b ("net, pidfs: prepare for handing out pidfds for
> reaped sk->sk_peer_pid") inserted a prepare_peercred() call between err
> = -EINVAL and the socket-state check in unix_listen(). Since
> prepare_peercred() leaves err at 0 on success, listen() on an AF_UNIX
> socket that is not in TCP_CLOSE or TCP_LISTEN state (e.g. one that is
> already connected) now silently returns success without doing anything,
> instead of failing with EINVAL as it did before.
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [net,v3,1/2] af_unix: fix listen() succeeding on sockets in the wrong state
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/f0d9c3ffc2b5
- [net,v3,2/2] selftests/net/af_unix: test listen() rejects wrong socket states
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/7f57c650d08b
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