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[bpf-next,v2] libbpf: use SOCK_CLOEXEC when opening the netlink socket

Message ID 20210317115857.6536-1-memxor@gmail.com
State New
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Series [bpf-next,v2] libbpf: use SOCK_CLOEXEC when opening the netlink socket | expand

Commit Message

Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi March 17, 2021, 11:58 a.m. UTC
Otherwise, there exists a small window between the opening and closing
of the socket fd where it may leak into processes launched by some other
thread.

Fixes: 949abbe88436 ("libbpf: add function to setup XDP")
Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
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v1 -> v2
Tag the bpf-next tree (Toke)
Add a Fixes: tag (Toke)
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 tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Toke Høiland-Jørgensen March 17, 2021, 1:04 p.m. UTC | #1
Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com> writes:

> Otherwise, there exists a small window between the opening and closing
> of the socket fd where it may leak into processes launched by some other
> thread.
>
> Fixes: 949abbe88436 ("libbpf: add function to setup XDP")
> Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>

Acked-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@redhat.com>
patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org March 18, 2021, midnight UTC | #2
Hello:

This patch was applied to bpf/bpf.git (refs/heads/master):

On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 17:28:58 +0530 you wrote:
> Otherwise, there exists a small window between the opening and closing
> of the socket fd where it may leak into processes launched by some other
> thread.
> 
> Fixes: 949abbe88436 ("libbpf: add function to setup XDP")
> Signed-off-by: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [bpf-next,v2] libbpf: use SOCK_CLOEXEC when opening the netlink socket
    https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf/c/58bfd95b554f

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diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c b/tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c
index 4dd73de00..d2cb28e9e 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@  static int libbpf_netlink_open(__u32 *nl_pid)
 	memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(sa));
 	sa.nl_family = AF_NETLINK;
 
-	sock = socket(AF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW, NETLINK_ROUTE);
+	sock = socket(AF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW | SOCK_CLOEXEC, NETLINK_ROUTE);
 	if (sock < 0)
 		return -errno;