netdev - [PATCH 1/2] af_unix: don't post cmsg for SO

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Message-ID: <20251218150114.250048-2-axboe@kernel.dk>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 07:59:13 -0700
From: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: io-uring@...r.kernel.org,
	kuba@...nel.org,
	kuniyu@...gle.com,
	willemb@...gle.com,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Julian Orth <ju.orth@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] af_unix: don't post cmsg for SO_INQ unless explicitly asked for

A previous commit added SO_INQ support for AF_UNIX (SOCK_STREAM), but
it posts a SCM_INQ cmsg even if just msg->msg_get_inq is set. This is
incorrect, as ->msg_get_inq is just the caller asking for the remainder
to be passed back in msg->msg_inq, it has nothing to do with cmsg. The
original commit states that this is done to make sockets
io_uring-friendly", but it's actually incorrect as io_uring doesn't
use cmsg headers internally at all, and it's actively wrong as this
means that cmsg's are always posted if someone does recvmsg via
io_uring.

Fix that up by only posting cmsg if u->recvmsg_inq is set.

Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Fixes: df30285b3670 ("af_unix: Introduce SO_INQ.")
Reported-by: Julian Orth <ju.orth@...il.com>
Link: https://github.com/axboe/liburing/issues/1509
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
---
 net/unix/af_unix.c | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index 55cdebfa0da0..110d716087b5 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -3086,12 +3086,16 @@ static int unix_stream_read_generic(struct unix_stream_read_state *state,
 
 	mutex_unlock(&u->iolock);
 	if (msg) {
+		bool do_cmsg;
+
 		scm_recv_unix(sock, msg, &scm, flags);
 
-		if (READ_ONCE(u->recvmsg_inq) || msg->msg_get_inq) {
+		do_cmsg = READ_ONCE(u->recvmsg_inq);
+		if (do_cmsg || msg->msg_get_inq) {
 			msg->msg_inq = READ_ONCE(u->inq_len);
-			put_cmsg(msg, SOL_SOCKET, SCM_INQ,
-				 sizeof(msg->msg_inq), &msg->msg_inq);
+			if (do_cmsg)
+				put_cmsg(msg, SOL_SOCKET, SCM_INQ,
+					 sizeof(msg->msg_inq), &msg->msg_inq);
 		}
 	} else {
 		scm_destroy(&scm);
-- 
2.51.0