netdev - [PATCH RESEND net v5 1/4] vsock/virtio: fix potential underflow in virtio_transport_get

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Message-ID: <20260116201517.273302-2-sgarzare@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 21:15:14 +0100
From: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: virtualization@...ts.linux.dev,
	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
	Eugenio Pérez <eperezma@...hat.com>,
	Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
	Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Arseniy Krasnov <AVKrasnov@...rdevices.ru>,
	Asias He <asias@...hat.com>,
	Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com>,
	Melbin K Mathew <mlbnkm1@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH RESEND net v5 1/4] vsock/virtio: fix potential underflow in virtio_transport_get_credit()

From: Melbin K Mathew <mlbnkm1@...il.com>

The credit calculation in virtio_transport_get_credit() uses unsigned
arithmetic:

  ret = vvs->peer_buf_alloc - (vvs->tx_cnt - vvs->peer_fwd_cnt);

If the peer shrinks its advertised buffer (peer_buf_alloc) while bytes
are in flight, the subtraction can underflow and produce a large
positive value, potentially allowing more data to be queued than the
peer can handle.

Reuse virtio_transport_has_space() which already handles this case and
add a comment to make it clear why we are doing that.

Fixes: 06a8fc78367d ("VSOCK: Introduce virtio_vsock_common.ko")
Suggested-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Melbin K Mathew <mlbnkm1@...il.com>
[Stefano: use virtio_transport_has_space() instead of duplicating the code]
[Stefano: tweak the commit message]
Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>
---
 net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c | 16 +++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
index dcc8a1d5851e..2fe341be6ce2 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 static void virtio_transport_cancel_close_work(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
 					       bool cancel_timeout);
+static s64 virtio_transport_has_space(struct virtio_vsock_sock *vvs);
 
 static const struct virtio_transport *
 virtio_transport_get_ops(struct vsock_sock *vsk)
@@ -499,9 +500,7 @@ u32 virtio_transport_get_credit(struct virtio_vsock_sock *vvs, u32 credit)
 		return 0;
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&vvs->tx_lock);
-	ret = vvs->peer_buf_alloc - (vvs->tx_cnt - vvs->peer_fwd_cnt);
-	if (ret > credit)
-		ret = credit;
+	ret = min_t(u32, credit, virtio_transport_has_space(vvs));
 	vvs->tx_cnt += ret;
 	vvs->bytes_unsent += ret;
 	spin_unlock_bh(&vvs->tx_lock);
@@ -877,11 +876,14 @@ u32 virtio_transport_seqpacket_has_data(struct vsock_sock *vsk)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtio_transport_seqpacket_has_data);
 
-static s64 virtio_transport_has_space(struct vsock_sock *vsk)
+static s64 virtio_transport_has_space(struct virtio_vsock_sock *vvs)
 {
-	struct virtio_vsock_sock *vvs = vsk->trans;
 	s64 bytes;
 
+	/* Use s64 arithmetic so if the peer shrinks peer_buf_alloc while
+	 * we have bytes in flight (tx_cnt - peer_fwd_cnt), the subtraction
+	 * does not underflow.
+	 */
 	bytes = (s64)vvs->peer_buf_alloc - (vvs->tx_cnt - vvs->peer_fwd_cnt);
 	if (bytes < 0)
 		bytes = 0;
@@ -895,7 +897,7 @@ s64 virtio_transport_stream_has_space(struct vsock_sock *vsk)
 	s64 bytes;
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&vvs->tx_lock);
-	bytes = virtio_transport_has_space(vsk);
+	bytes = virtio_transport_has_space(vvs);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&vvs->tx_lock);
 
 	return bytes;
@@ -1490,7 +1492,7 @@ static bool virtio_transport_space_update(struct sock *sk,
 	spin_lock_bh(&vvs->tx_lock);
 	vvs->peer_buf_alloc = le32_to_cpu(hdr->buf_alloc);
 	vvs->peer_fwd_cnt = le32_to_cpu(hdr->fwd_cnt);
-	space_available = virtio_transport_has_space(vsk);
+	space_available = virtio_transport_has_space(vvs);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&vvs->tx_lock);
 	return space_available;
 }
-- 
2.52.0