[PATCH RFC v3 03/10] net: reserve prefix
From: Christian Brauner
Date: Mon May 05 2025 - 07:15:59 EST
Add the reserved "linuxafsk/" prefix for AF_UNIX sockets and require
CAP_NET_ADMIN in the owning user namespace of the network namespace to
bind it. This will be used in next patches to support the coredump
socket but is a generally useful concept.
The collision risk is so low that we can just start using it. Userspace
must already be prepared to retry if a given abstract address isn't
usable anyway.
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/uapi/linux/un.h | 2 ++
net/unix/af_unix.c | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/un.h b/include/uapi/linux/un.h
index 0ad59dc8b686..bbd5ad508dfa 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/un.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/un.h
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
#include <linux/socket.h>
#define UNIX_PATH_MAX 108
+/* reserved AF_UNIX socket namespace. */
+#define UNIX_SOCKET_NAMESPACE "linuxafsk/"
struct sockaddr_un {
__kernel_sa_family_t sun_family; /* AF_UNIX */
diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index 472f8aa9ea15..edc2f143f401 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ static atomic_long_t unix_nr_socks;
static struct hlist_head bsd_socket_buckets[UNIX_HASH_SIZE / 2];
static spinlock_t bsd_socket_locks[UNIX_HASH_SIZE / 2];
+static struct sockaddr_un linuxafsk_addr;
+static size_t linuxafsk_addr_len;
+
/* SMP locking strategy:
* hash table is protected with spinlock.
* each socket state is protected by separate spinlock.
@@ -436,6 +439,30 @@ static struct sock *__unix_find_socket_byname(struct net *net,
return NULL;
}
+static int unix_may_bind_name(struct net *net, struct sockaddr_un *sunname,
+ int len, unsigned int hash)
+{
+ struct sock *s;
+
+ s = __unix_find_socket_byname(net, sunname, len, hash);
+ if (s)
+ return -EADDRINUSE;
+
+ /*
+ * Check whether this is our reserved prefix and if so ensure
+ * that only privileged processes can bind it.
+ */
+ if (linuxafsk_addr_len <= len &&
+ !memcmp(&linuxafsk_addr, sunname, linuxafsk_addr_len)) {
+ /* Don't bind the namespace itself. */
+ if (linuxafsk_addr_len == len)
+ return -ECONNREFUSED;
+ if (!ns_capable(net->user_ns, CAP_NET_ADMIN))
+ return -ECONNREFUSED;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
static inline struct sock *unix_find_socket_byname(struct net *net,
struct sockaddr_un *sunname,
int len, unsigned int hash)
@@ -1258,10 +1285,10 @@ static int unix_autobind(struct sock *sk)
new_hash = unix_abstract_hash(addr->name, addr->len, sk->sk_type);
unix_table_double_lock(net, old_hash, new_hash);
- if (__unix_find_socket_byname(net, addr->name, addr->len, new_hash)) {
+ if (unix_may_bind_name(net, addr->name, addr->len, new_hash)) {
unix_table_double_unlock(net, old_hash, new_hash);
- /* __unix_find_socket_byname() may take long time if many names
+ /* unix_may_bind_name() may take long time if many names
* are already in use.
*/
cond_resched();
@@ -1379,7 +1406,8 @@ static int unix_bind_abstract(struct sock *sk, struct sockaddr_un *sunaddr,
new_hash = unix_abstract_hash(addr->name, addr->len, sk->sk_type);
unix_table_double_lock(net, old_hash, new_hash);
- if (__unix_find_socket_byname(net, addr->name, addr->len, new_hash))
+ err = unix_may_bind_name(net, addr->name, addr->len, new_hash);
+ if (err)
goto out_spin;
__unix_set_addr_hash(net, sk, addr, new_hash);
@@ -1389,7 +1417,6 @@ static int unix_bind_abstract(struct sock *sk, struct sockaddr_un *sunaddr,
out_spin:
unix_table_double_unlock(net, old_hash, new_hash);
- err = -EADDRINUSE;
out_mutex:
mutex_unlock(&u->bindlock);
out:
@@ -3841,6 +3868,16 @@ static int __init af_unix_init(void)
BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct unix_skb_parms) > sizeof_field(struct sk_buff, cb));
+ /*
+ * We need a leading NUL byte for the abstract namespace. Just
+ * use the trailing one given by sizeof().
+ */
+ linuxafsk_addr_len = offsetof(struct sockaddr_un, sun_path) + sizeof(UNIX_SOCKET_NAMESPACE);
+ linuxafsk_addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
+ memcpy(linuxafsk_addr.sun_path + 1, UNIX_SOCKET_NAMESPACE, sizeof(UNIX_SOCKET_NAMESPACE) - 1);
+ /* Technically not needed, but let's be explicit. */
+ linuxafsk_addr.sun_path[0] = '\0';
+
for (i = 0; i < UNIX_HASH_SIZE / 2; i++) {
spin_lock_init(&bsd_socket_locks[i]);
INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&bsd_socket_buckets[i]);
--
2.47.2