[PATCH net 3/4] af_unix: Fix scm_stat.nr_fds leak in unix_dgram_disconnected().

From: Siddharth Chintamaneni

Date: Fri Nov 06 2026 - 00:25:04 EST


When a connected SOCK_DGRAM socket disconnects (e.g. via connect() with
AF_UNSPEC), reconnects to a different peer, or observes a dead peer in
unix_dgram_sendmsg(), unix_dgram_disconnected() purges all unread
datagrams from sk->sk_receive_queue via skb_queue_purge_reason().

Because skb_queue_purge_reason() frees each skb without calling
scm_stat_del(sk, skb), any SCM_RIGHTS file descriptors attached to the
purged skbs remain permanently accounted in u->scm_stat.nr_fds (reported
as scm_fds in /proc/<pid>/fdinfo/<fd>) for the remaining lifetime of the
socket.

Move scm_stat_add() and scm_stat_del() above unix_dgram_disconnected()
and dequeue each skb in unix_dgram_disconnected() so scm_stat_del() is
called before kfree_skb_reason().

Fixes: 3c32da19a858 ("unix: Show number of pending scm files of receive queue in fdinfo")
Signed-off-by: Siddharth Chintamaneni <sidchintamaneni@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/unix/af_unix.c | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index 44c0a81dd423..47120d81aca2 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -609,6 +609,28 @@ static void unix_write_space(struct sock *sk)
rcu_read_unlock();
}

+static void scm_stat_add(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+ struct scm_fp_list *fp = UNIXCB(skb).fp;
+ struct unix_sock *u = unix_sk(sk);
+
+ if (unlikely(fp && fp->count)) {
+ atomic_add(fp->count, &u->scm_stat.nr_fds);
+ unix_add_edges(fp, u);
+ }
+}
+
+static void scm_stat_del(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+ struct scm_fp_list *fp = UNIXCB(skb).fp;
+ struct unix_sock *u = unix_sk(sk);
+
+ if (unlikely(fp && fp->count)) {
+ atomic_sub(fp->count, &u->scm_stat.nr_fds);
+ unix_del_edges(fp);
+ }
+}
+
/* When dgram socket disconnects (or changes its peer), we clear its receive
* queue of packets arrived from previous peer. First, it allows to do
* flow control based only on wmem_alloc; second, sk connected to peer
@@ -616,8 +638,12 @@ static void unix_write_space(struct sock *sk)
static void unix_dgram_disconnected(struct sock *sk, struct sock *other)
{
if (!skb_queue_empty(&sk->sk_receive_queue)) {
- skb_queue_purge_reason(&sk->sk_receive_queue,
- SKB_DROP_REASON_UNIX_DISCONNECT);
+ struct sk_buff *skb;
+
+ while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&sk->sk_receive_queue)) != NULL) {
+ scm_stat_del(sk, skb);
+ kfree_skb_reason(skb, SKB_DROP_REASON_UNIX_DISCONNECT);
+ }

wake_up_interruptible_all(&unix_sk(sk)->peer_wait);

@@ -2058,28 +2084,6 @@ static bool unix_skb_scm_eq(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
unix_secdata_eq(scm, skb);
}

-static void scm_stat_add(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
- struct scm_fp_list *fp = UNIXCB(skb).fp;
- struct unix_sock *u = unix_sk(sk);
-
- if (unlikely(fp && fp->count)) {
- atomic_add(fp->count, &u->scm_stat.nr_fds);
- unix_add_edges(fp, u);
- }
-}
-
-static void scm_stat_del(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
- struct scm_fp_list *fp = UNIXCB(skb).fp;
- struct unix_sock *u = unix_sk(sk);
-
- if (unlikely(fp && fp->count)) {
- atomic_sub(fp->count, &u->scm_stat.nr_fds);
- unix_del_edges(fp);
- }
-}
-
static void unix_orphan_scm(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
{
scm_stat_del(sk, skb);
--
2.43.0