[PATCH] fuse: virtio_fs: add checks for FUSE protocol compliance

Brajesh Patil <[email protected]> Wed, 29 Oct 2025 01:33:11 +0530
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.virtio-fs,dev.linux.lists.linux-kernel-mentees,dev.linux.lists.virtualization,org.kernel.vger.linux-fsdevel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Add validation in virtio-fs to ensure the server follows the FUSE
protocol for response headers, addressing the existing TODO for
verifying protocol compliance.

Add checks for fuse_out_header to verify:
 - oh->unique matches req->in.h.unique
 - FUSE_INT_REQ_BIT is not set
 - error codes are valid
 - oh->len does not exceed the expected size

Signed-off-by: Brajesh Patil <[email protected]>
---
 fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c b/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c
index 6bc7c97b017d..52e8338bf436 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c
@@ -764,14 +764,34 @@ static void virtio_fs_request_complete(struct fuse_req *req,
 {
 	struct fuse_args *args;
 	struct fuse_args_pages *ap;
-	unsigned int len, i, thislen;
+	struct fuse_out_header *oh;
+	unsigned int len, i, thislen, expected_len = 0;
 	struct folio *folio;
 
-	/*
-	 * TODO verify that server properly follows FUSE protocol
-	 * (oh.uniq, oh.len)
-	 */
+	oh = &req->out.h;
+
+	if (oh->unique == 0)
+		pr_warn_once("notify through fuse-virtio-fs not supported");
+
+	if ((oh->unique & ~FUSE_INT_REQ_BIT) != req->in.h.unique)
+		pr_warn_ratelimited("virtio-fs: unique mismatch, expected: %llu got %llu\n",
+				    req->in.h.unique, oh->unique & ~FUSE_INT_REQ_BIT);
+
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(oh->unique & FUSE_INT_REQ_BIT);
+
+	if (oh->error <= -ERESTARTSYS || oh->error > 0)
+		pr_warn_ratelimited("virtio-fs: invalid error code from server: %d\n",
+				    oh->error);
+
 	args = req->args;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < args->out_numargs; i++)
+		expected_len += args->out_args[i].size;
+
+	if (oh->len > sizeof(*oh) + expected_len)
+		pr_warn("FUSE reply too long! got=%u expected<=%u\n",
+			oh->len, (unsigned int)(sizeof(*oh) + expected_len));
+
 	copy_args_from_argbuf(args, req);
 
 	if (args->out_pages && args->page_zeroing) {
-- 
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