When vmci_transport_recv_connecting_server() returns an error,
vmci_transport_recv_listen() calls vsock_remove_pending() but never
calls sk_acceptq_removed(). This leaves sk_ack_backlog incremented
permanently.
Repeated handshake failures (malformed packets, queue pair alloc
failure, event subscribe failure) cause sk_ack_backlog to climb
toward sk_max_ack_backlog. Once it reaches the limit the listener
permanently refuses all new connections with -ECONNREFUSED, a
silent denial of service requiring a process restart to recover.
The two existing sk_acceptq_removed() calls in af_vsock.c do not
cover this path: line 764 checks vsock_is_pending() which returns
false after vsock_remove_pending(), and line 1889 is only reached
on successful accept().
Fix by balancing sk_acceptq_added() with sk_acceptq_removed() on
the error path.
Fixes: d021c344051a ("VSOCK: Introduce VM Sockets")
Cc: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: Raf Dickson <[email protected]>
---
net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c b/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
index d2579380f5..88ccc55455 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
@@ -980,8 +980,10 @@ static int vmci_transport_recv_listen(struct sock *sk,
err = -EINVAL;
}
- if (err < 0)
+ if (err < 0) {
vsock_remove_pending(sk, pending);
+ sk_acceptq_removed(sk);
+ }
release_sock(pending);
vmci_transport_release_pending(pending);
--
2.54.0
