kernel/linux.git/net/mptcp/protocol.c, branch v6.18.33

mptcp: fastclose msk when linger time is 0

2026-05-14T13:30:22+00:00

commit f14d6e9c3678a067f304abba561e0c5446c7e845 upstream. The SO_LINGER socket option has been supported for a while with MPTCP sockets [1], but it didn't cause the equivalent of a TCP reset as expected when enabled and its time was set to 0. This was causing some behavioural differences with TCP where some connections were not promptly stopped as expected. To fix that, an extra condition is checked at close() time before sending an MP_FASTCLOSE, the MPTCP equivalent of a TCP reset. Note that backporting up to [1] will be difficult as more changes are needed to be able to send MP_FASTCLOSE. It seems better to stop at [2], which was supposed to already imitate TCP. Validated with MPTCP packetdrill tests [3]. Fixes: 268b12387460 ("mptcp: setsockopt: support SO_LINGER") [1] Fixes: d21f83485518 ("mptcp: use fastclose on more edge scenarios") [2] Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reported-by: Lance Tuller Closes: https://github.com/lance0/xfr/pull/67 Link: https://github.com/multipath-tcp/packetdrill/pull/196 [3] Reviewed-by: Mat Martineau Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260427-net-mptcp-misc-fixes-7-1-rc2-v1-3-7432b7f279fa@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

mptcp: sync the msk->sndbuf at accept() time

2026-05-14T13:30:11+00:00

commit fcf04b14334641f4b0b8647824480935e9416d52 upstream. On passive MPTCP connections, the msk sndbuf is not updated correctly. The root cause is an order issue in the accept path: - tcp_check_req() -> subflow_syn_recv_sock() -> mptcp_sk_clone_init() calls __mptcp_propagate_sndbuf() to copy the ssk sndbuf into msk - Later, tcp_child_process() -> tcp_init_transfer() -> tcp_sndbuf_expand() grows the ssk sndbuf. So __mptcp_propagate_sndbuf() runs before the ssk sndbuf has been expanded and the msk ends up with a much smaller sndbuf than the subflow: MPTCP: msk->sndbuf:20480, msk->first->sndbuf:2626560 Fix this by moving the __mptcp_propagate_sndbuf() call from mptcp_sk_clone_init() -- the ssk sndbuf is not yet finalized there -- to __mptcp_propagate_sndbuf() at accept() time, when the ssk sndbuf has been fully expanded by tcp_sndbuf_expand(). Fixes: 8005184fd1ca ("mptcp: refactor sndbuf auto-tuning") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Closes: https://github.com/multipath-tcp/mptcp_net-next/issues/602 Signed-off-by: Gang Yan Acked-by: Paolo Abeni Reviewed-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260420-net-mptcp-sync-sndbuf-accept-v1-1-e3523e3aeb44@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni [ No conflicts, but move __mptcp_propagate_sndbuf() above the for-loop (mptcp_for_each_subflow()) present in this version, which will modify 'subflow' used by __mptcp_propagate_sndbuf() in this new patch. ] Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

mptcp: fix slab-use-after-free in __inet_lookup_established

2026-04-18T08:44:57+00:00

commit 9b55b253907e7431210483519c5ad711a37dafa1 upstream. The ehash table lookups are lockless and rely on SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU to guarantee socket memory stability during RCU read-side critical sections. Both tcp_prot and tcpv6_prot have their slab caches created with this flag via proto_register(). However, MPTCP's mptcp_subflow_init() copies tcpv6_prot into tcpv6_prot_override during inet_init() (fs_initcall, level 5), before inet6_init() (module_init/device_initcall, level 6) has called proto_register(&tcpv6_prot). At that point, tcpv6_prot.slab is still NULL, so tcpv6_prot_override.slab remains NULL permanently. This causes MPTCP v6 subflow child sockets to be allocated via kmalloc (falling into kmalloc-4k) instead of the TCPv6 slab cache. The kmalloc-4k cache lacks SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU, so when these sockets are freed without SOCK_RCU_FREE (which is cleared for child sockets by design), the memory can be immediately reused. Concurrent ehash lookups under rcu_read_lock can then access freed memory, triggering a slab-use-after-free in __inet_lookup_established. Fix this by splitting the IPv6-specific initialization out of mptcp_subflow_init() into a new mptcp_subflow_v6_init(), called from mptcp_proto_v6_init() before protocol registration. This ensures tcpv6_prot_override.slab correctly inherits the SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU slab cache. Fixes: b19bc2945b40 ("mptcp: implement delegated actions") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen Reviewed-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260406031512.189159-1-jiayuan.chen@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

mptcp: fix soft lockup in mptcp_recvmsg()

2026-04-11T12:26:24+00:00

[ Upstream commit 5dd8025a49c268ab6b94d978532af3ad341132a7 ] syzbot reported a soft lockup in mptcp_recvmsg() [0]. When receiving data with MSG_PEEK | MSG_WAITALL flags, the skb is not removed from the sk_receive_queue. This causes sk_wait_data() to always find available data and never perform actual waiting, leading to a soft lockup. Fix this by adding a 'last' parameter to track the last peeked skb. This allows sk_wait_data() to make informed waiting decisions and prevent infinite loops when MSG_PEEK is used. [0]: watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#2 stuck for 156s! [server:1963] Modules linked in: CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 1963 Comm: server Not tainted 6.19.0-rc8 #61 PREEMPT(none) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:sk_wait_data+0x15/0x190 Code: 80 00 00 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa 41 56 41 55 41 54 49 89 f4 55 48 89 d5 53 48 89 fb <48> 83 ec 30 65 48 8b 05 17 a4 6b 01 48 89 44 24 28 31 c0 65 48 8b RSP: 0018:ffffc90000603ca0 EFLAGS: 00000246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888102bf0800 RCX: 0000000000000001 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffc90000603d18 RDI: ffff888102bf0800 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000002 R09: 0000000000000101 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000075 R12: ffffc90000603d18 R13: ffff888102bf0800 R14: ffff888102bf0800 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 00007f6e38b8c4c0(0000) GS:ffff8881b877e000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 000055aa7bff1680 CR3: 0000000105cbe000 CR4: 00000000000006f0 Call Trace: mptcp_recvmsg+0x547/0x8c0 net/mptcp/protocol.c:2329 inet_recvmsg+0x11f/0x130 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:891 sock_recvmsg+0x94/0xc0 net/socket.c:1100 __sys_recvfrom+0xb2/0x130 net/socket.c:2256 __x64_sys_recvfrom+0x1f/0x30 net/socket.c:2267 do_syscall_64+0x59/0x2d0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:131 RIP: 0033:0x7f6e386a4a1d Code: 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 8d 05 f1 de 2c 00 41 89 ca 8b 00 85 c0 75 20 45 31 c9 45 31 c0 b8 2d 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 6b f3 c3 66 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 41 56 41 RSP: 002b:00007ffc3c4bb078 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002d RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000000000000861e RCX: 00007f6e386a4a1d RDX: 00000000000003ff RSI: 00007ffc3c4bb150 RDI: 0000000000000004 RBP: 00007ffc3c4bb570 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000103 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00005605dbc00be0 R13: 00007ffc3c4bb650 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 Fixes: 8e04ce45a8db ("mptcp: fix MSG_PEEK stream corruption") Signed-off-by: Li Xiasong Reviewed-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260330120335.659027-1-lixiasong1@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

mptcp: add eat_recv_skb helper

2026-04-11T12:26:24+00:00

[ Upstream commit 436510df0cafb1bc36f12e92e0e76599be28d8f4 ] This patch extracts the free skb related code in __mptcp_recvmsg_mskq() into a new helper mptcp_eat_recv_skb(). This new helper will be used in the next patch. Signed-off-by: Geliang Tang Reviewed-by: Mat Martineau Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260130-net-next-mptcp-splice-v2-1-31332ba70d7f@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Stable-dep-of: 5dd8025a49c2 ("mptcp: fix soft lockup in mptcp_recvmsg()") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

mptcp: fix receive space timestamp initialization

2026-02-26T22:59:20+00:00

[ Upstream commit 70274765fef555af92a1532d5bd5450c691fca9d ] MPTCP initialize the receive buffer stamp in mptcp_rcv_space_init(), using the provided subflow stamp. Such helper is invoked in several places; for passive sockets, space init happened at clone time. In such scenario, MPTCP ends-up accesses the subflow stamp before its initialization, leading to quite randomic timing for the first receive buffer auto-tune event, as the timestamp for newly created subflow is not refreshed there. Fix the issue moving the stamp initialization out of the mentioned helper, at the data transfer start, and always using a fresh timestamp. Fixes: 013e3179dbd2 ("mptcp: fix rcv space initialization") Reviewed-by: Mat Martineau Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260203-net-next-mptcp-misc-feat-6-20-v1-2-31ec8bfc56d1@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

mptcp: do not account for OoO in mptcp_rcvbuf_grow()

2026-02-26T22:59:20+00:00

[ Upstream commit 6b329393502e5857662b851a13f947209c588587 ] MPTCP-level OoOs are physiological when multiple subflows are active concurrently and will not cause retransmissions nor are caused by drops. Accounting for them in mptcp_rcvbuf_grow() causes the rcvbuf slowly drifting towards tcp_rmem[2]. Remove such accounting. Note that subflows will still account for TCP-level OoO when the MPTCP-level rcvbuf is propagated. This also closes a subtle and very unlikely race condition with rcvspace init; active sockets with user-space holding the msk-level socket lock, could complete such initialization in the receive callback, after that the first OoO data reaches the rcvbuf and potentially triggering a divide by zero Oops. Fixes: e118cdc34dd1 ("mptcp: rcvbuf auto-tuning improvement") Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Reviewed-by: Mat Martineau Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260203-net-next-mptcp-misc-feat-6-20-v1-1-31ec8bfc56d1@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

mptcp: avoid dup SUB_CLOSED events after disconnect

2026-02-06T15:57:45+00:00

[ Upstream commit 280d654324e33f8e6e3641f76764694c7b64c5db ] In case of subflow disconnect(), which can also happen with the first subflow in case of errors like timeout or reset, mptcp_subflow_ctx_reset will reset most fields from the mptcp_subflow_context structure, including close_event_done. Then, when another subflow is closed, yet another SUB_CLOSED event for the disconnected initial subflow is sent. Because of the previous reset, there are no source address and destination port. A solution is then to also check the subflow's local id: it shouldn't be negative anyway. Another solution would be not to reset subflow->close_event_done at disconnect time, but when reused. But then, probably the whole reset could be done when being reused. Let's not change this logic, similar to TCP with tcp_disconnect(). Fixes: d82809b6c5f2 ("mptcp: avoid duplicated SUB_CLOSED events") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reported-by: Marco Angaroni Closes: https://github.com/multipath-tcp/mptcp_net-next/issues/603 Reviewed-by: Geliang Tang Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260127-net-mptcp-dup-nl-events-v1-1-7f71e1bc4feb@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski [ Adjust context ] Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

mptcp: only reset subflow errors when propagated

2026-02-06T15:57:39+00:00

commit dccf46179ddd6c04c14be8ed584dc54665f53f0e upstream. Some subflow socket errors need to be reported to the MPTCP socket: the initial subflow connect (MP_CAPABLE), and the ones from the fallback sockets. The others are not propagated. The issue is that sock_error() was used to retrieve the error, which was also resetting the sk_err field. Because of that, when notifying the userspace about subflow close events later on from the MPTCP worker, the ssk->sk_err field was always 0. Now, the error (sk_err) is only reset when propagating it to the msk. Fixes: 15cc10453398 ("mptcp: deliver ssk errors to msk") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reviewed-by: Geliang Tang Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260127-net-mptcp-dup-nl-events-v1-3-7f71e1bc4feb@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

mptcp: ensure context reset on disconnect()

2026-01-11T14:26:19+00:00

[ Upstream commit 86730ac255b0497a272704de9a1df559f5d6602e ] After the blamed commit below, if the MPC subflow is already in TCP_CLOSE status or has fallback to TCP at mptcp_disconnect() time, mptcp_do_fastclose() skips setting the `send_fastclose flag` and the later __mptcp_close_ssk() does not reset anymore the related subflow context. Any later connection will be created with both the `request_mptcp` flag and the msk-level fallback status off (it is unconditionally cleared at MPTCP disconnect time), leading to a warning in subflow_data_ready(): WARNING: CPU: 26 PID: 8996 at net/mptcp/subflow.c:1519 subflow_data_ready (net/mptcp/subflow.c:1519 (discriminator 13)) Modules linked in: CPU: 26 UID: 0 PID: 8996 Comm: syz.22.39 Not tainted 6.18.0-rc7-05427-g11fc074f6c36 #1 PREEMPT(voluntary) Hardware name: Bochs Bochs, BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011 RIP: 0010:subflow_data_ready (net/mptcp/subflow.c:1519 (discriminator 13)) Code: 90 0f 0b 90 90 e9 04 fe ff ff e8 b7 1e f5 fe 89 ee bf 07 00 00 00 e8 db 19 f5 fe 83 fd 07 0f 84 35 ff ff ff e8 9d 1e f5 fe 90 <0f> 0b 90 e9 27 ff ff ff e8 8f 1e f5 fe 4c 89 e7 48 89 de e8 14 09 RSP: 0018:ffffc9002646fb30 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88813b218000 RCX: ffffffff825c8435 RDX: ffff8881300b3580 RSI: ffffffff825c8443 RDI: 0000000000000005 RBP: 000000000000000b R08: ffffffff825c8435 R09: 000000000000000b R10: 0000000000000005 R11: 0000000000000007 R12: ffff888131ac0000 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 00007f88330af6c0(0000) GS:ffff888a93dd2000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f88330aefe8 CR3: 000000010ff59000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0 Call Trace: tcp_data_ready (net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:5356) tcp_data_queue (net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:5445) tcp_rcv_state_process (net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:7165) tcp_v4_do_rcv (net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:1955) __release_sock (include/net/sock.h:1158 (discriminator 6) net/core/sock.c:3180 (discriminator 6)) release_sock (net/core/sock.c:3737) mptcp_sendmsg (net/mptcp/protocol.c:1763 net/mptcp/protocol.c:1857) inet_sendmsg (net/ipv4/af_inet.c:853 (discriminator 7)) __sys_sendto (net/socket.c:727 (discriminator 15) net/socket.c:742 (discriminator 15) net/socket.c:2244 (discriminator 15)) __x64_sys_sendto (net/socket.c:2247) do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 (discriminator 1) arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 (discriminator 1)) entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130) RIP: 0033:0x7f883326702d Address the issue setting an explicit `fastclosing` flag at fastclose time, and checking such flag after mptcp_do_fastclose(). Fixes: ae155060247b ("mptcp: fix duplicate reset on fastclose") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Reviewed-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251212-net-mptcp-subflow_data_ready-warn-v1-2-d1f9fd1c36c8@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni [ Adjust context ] Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman