[PATCH] vsock/vmci: reject datagram binds in local network namespaces

From: Sergio Lopez

Date: Fri Nov 13 2026 - 15:54:46 EST


VMCI already rejects datagram sends from local network namespaces, but a
datagram bind still creates a receive handle in VMCI's global port space.
A VMCI sender outside the namespace can therefore deliver to the local
socket. Its handle also prevents a global-namespace socket from binding
the same port.

Reject VMCI datagram binds in local namespaces. No namespace-local
datagram transport exists, so EOPNOTSUPP reflects the available receive
paths. The receive callback also rejects any local-mode socket as a
defensive check.

In a KASAN/lockdep QEMU guest, a reproducer observed cross-namespace
delivery and the global port collision before the fix. After the fix,
local bind returns EOPNOTSUPP, the global bind succeeds, and a global
VMCI datagram still reaches the global socket.

Fixes: eafb64f40ca4 ("vsock: add netns to vsock core")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/sashiko-outbox-212907@xxxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Sergio Lopez <slp@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c b/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
index 1f186e8f8364..282131544c42 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
@@ -627,6 +627,8 @@ static int vmci_transport_recv_dgram_cb(void *data, struct vmci_datagram *dg)
* outside of the create and destruct socket functions.
*/
vsk = vsock_sk(sk);
+ if (!vsock_net_mode_global(vsk))
+ return VMCI_ERROR_NO_ACCESS;
if (!vmci_transport_allow_dgram(vsk, dg->src.context))
return VMCI_ERROR_NO_ACCESS;

@@ -1697,6 +1699,10 @@ static int vmci_transport_dgram_bind(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
u32 flags;
int err;

+ /* VMCI handles are global and cannot serve local namespaces. */
+ if (!vsock_net_mode_global(vsk))
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
/* VMCI will select a resource ID for us if we provide
* VMCI_INVALID_ID.
*/

---
base-commit: 65ba8f34ec886ec72b2c07ddc8cf3d815c32869d
change-id: 20261113-vsock-vmci-netns-isolation-7e46732dcd73

Best regards,
--
Sergio Lopez <slp@xxxxxxxxxx>