[PATCH RFC net v2 0/3] vsock: Fix transport_{h2g,g2h,dgram,local} TOCTOU issues

From: Michal Luczaj
Date: Fri Jun 20 2025 - 15:53:40 EST


transport_{h2g,g2h,dgram,local} may become NULL on vsock_core_unregister().
Make sure a poorly timed `rmmod transport` won't lead to a NULL/stale
pointer dereference.

Note that these oopses are pretty unlikely to happen in the wild. Splats
were collected after sprinkling kernel with mdelay()s.

Signed-off-by: Michal Luczaj <mhal@xxxxxxx>
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Changes in v2:
- Introduce a helper function to get local CIDs safely [Stefano]
- Rename goto label to indicate an error path, explain why releasing
vsock_register_mutex after try_module_get() is safe [Stefano]
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250618-vsock-transports-toctou-v1-0-dd2d2ede9052@xxxxxxx

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Michal Luczaj (3):
vsock: Fix transport_{g2h,h2g} TOCTOU
vsock: Fix transport_* TOCTOU
vsock: Fix IOCTL_VM_SOCKETS_GET_LOCAL_CID to check also `transport_local`

net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
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base-commit: e0fca6f2cebff539e9317a15a37dcf432e3b851a
change-id: 20250523-vsock-transports-toctou-4b75d9c2a805

Best regards,
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Michal Luczaj <mhal@xxxxxxx>