[PATCH] nbd: restrict sockets to TCP and UDP
- To: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
- Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, netdev@vger.kernel.org, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>, syzbot+e1cd6bd8493060bd701d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com, Mike Christie <mchristi@redhat.com>, "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@redhat.com>, Yu Kuai <yukuai1@huaweicloud.com>, linux-block@vger.kernel.org, nbd@other.debian.org
- Subject: [PATCH] nbd: restrict sockets to TCP and UDP
- From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 13:22:43 +0000
- Message-id: <[🔎] 20250909132243.1327024-1-edumazet@google.com>
Recently, syzbot started to abuse NBD with all kinds of sockets.
Commit cf1b2326b734 ("nbd: verify socket is supported during setup")
made sure the socket supported a shutdown() method.
Explicitely accept TCP and UNIX stream sockets.
Fixes: cf1b2326b734 ("nbd: verify socket is supported during setup")
Reported-by: syzbot+e1cd6bd8493060bd701d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CANn89iJ+76eE3A_8S_zTpSyW5hvPRn6V57458hCZGY5hbH_bFA@mail.gmail.com/T/#m081036e8747cd7e2626c1da5d78c8b9d1e55b154
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Mike Christie <mchristi@redhat.com>
Cc: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Yu Kuai <yukuai1@huaweicloud.com>
Cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org
Cc: nbd@other.debian.org
---
drivers/block/nbd.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 6463d0e8d0cef71e73e67fecd16de4dec1c75da7..87b0b78249da3325023949585f4daf40486c9692 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -1217,6 +1217,14 @@ static struct socket *nbd_get_socket(struct nbd_device *nbd, unsigned long fd,
if (!sock)
return NULL;
+ if (!sk_is_tcp(sock->sk) &&
+ !sk_is_stream_unix(sock->sk)) {
+ dev_err(disk_to_dev(nbd->disk), "Unsupported socket: should be TCP or UNIX.\n");
+ *err = -EINVAL;
+ sockfd_put(sock);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
if (sock->ops->shutdown == sock_no_shutdown) {
dev_err(disk_to_dev(nbd->disk), "Unsupported socket: shutdown callout must be supported.\n");
*err = -EINVAL;
--
2.51.0.384.g4c02a37b29-goog
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