[rds-devel] [External] : Re: rds: possible cross netns leak via RDS_INFO_* getsockopt

Xie Maoyi maoyi.xie at ntu.edu.sg
Wed May 6 07:10:43 UTC 2026


Hi Allison,

Thanks for confirming the direction.

We will rewrite the patch as a per entry netns filter in each
of the affected handlers, instead of the init_net gate in
rds_info_getsockopt() that we mentioned. Concretely:

  rds_sock_info / rds6_sock_info: skip rds_sock_list entries
    whose socket netns does not match the caller's netns.
  rds_tcp_tc_info / rds6_tcp_tc_info: skip rds_tcp_tc_list
    entries the same way.
  rds_conn_info / rds6_conn_info and the *_message_info_*
    variants: skip rds_conn_hash[] entries whose c_net does
    not match the caller's netns.

This preserves the rds-tcp behaviour where a caller outside
init_net with legitimate connections in their own netns can
still see them.

We will send the patch as a separate reply once it is ready
and verified against the same PoC.

Thanks,

Maoyi Xie and Praveen Kakkolangara

Maoyi Xie
Nanyang Technological University
https://maoyixie.com/
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