[PATCH] io_uring/fdinfo: translate SqThread PID through caller's pid_ns
From: Maoyi Xie
Date: Sun May 10 2026 - 04:41:34 EST
SQPOLL stores current->pid (init_pid_ns view) in sqd->task_pid
at thread creation. fdinfo prints it raw via
seq_printf("SqThread:\t%d\n", sq_pid). A reader inside a
non-initial pid_ns sees the host PID, not the kthread's PID in
the reader's own pid_ns.
The SQPOLL kthread is created with CLONE_THREAD and no
CLONE_NEW*, so it lives in the submitter's pid_ns. An
unprivileged user_ns + pid_ns submitter can read fdinfo and
learn the host PID of a kthread whose in-namespace PID is
different.
Reproducer (mainline 7.0, KASAN): unshare CLONE_NEWUSER |
CLONE_NEWPID | CLONE_NEWNS, mount a private /proc, then have a
grandchild that is pid 1 in the new pid_ns open an io_uring
ring with IORING_SETUP_SQPOLL. /proc/self/task lists {1, 2};
the SQPOLL kthread is pid 2. Before: fdinfo prints
SqThread = <host pid>. After: SqThread = 2.
Use task_pid_nr_ns() against the proc inode's pid_ns to compute
sq_pid, instead of reading the stored sq->task_pid (which holds
the init_pid_ns view). pidfd_show_fdinfo() in kernel/pid.c
follows the same pattern.
Signed-off-by: Maoyi Xie <maoyi.xie@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
io_uring/fdinfo.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/io_uring/fdinfo.c b/io_uring/fdinfo.c
index c2d3e4554..05ce477d3 100644
--- a/io_uring/fdinfo.c
+++ b/io_uring/fdinfo.c
@@ -190,8 +190,9 @@ static void __io_uring_show_fdinfo(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, struct seq_file *m)
get_task_struct(tsk);
rcu_read_unlock();
usec = io_sq_cpu_usec(tsk);
+ sq_pid = task_pid_nr_ns(tsk,
+ proc_pid_ns(file_inode(m->file)->i_sb));
put_task_struct(tsk);
- sq_pid = sq->task_pid;
sq_cpu = sq->sq_cpu;
sq_total_time = usec;
sq_work_time = sq->work_time;
--
2.34.1