From: Stefano Garzarella When a new network namespace is created, vsock_net_init() correctly initializes the namespace's mode by reading the parent's `child_ns_mode` via vsock_net_child_mode(). However, the `child_ns_mode` of the new namespace was always hardcoded to VSOCK_NET_MODE_GLOBAL, regardless of its own mode. This means that if a parent namespace has `child_ns_mode` set to "local", the child namespace correctly gets mode "local", but its `child_ns_mode` is reset to "global". As a result, further nested namespaces will incorrectly get mode "global" instead of inheriting "local", breaking the expected propagation of the mode through nested namespaces. Fix this by initializing `child_ns_mode` to the namespace's own mode, so the setting propagates correctly through all levels of nesting. Fixes: eafb64f40ca4 ("vsock: add netns to vsock core") Cc: bobbyeshleman@meta.com Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella --- net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c index 20ad2b2dc17b..3b629b4a0359 100644 --- a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c +++ b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c @@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ * - /proc/sys/net/vsock/ns_mode (read-only) reports the current namespace's * mode, which is set at namespace creation and immutable thereafter. * - /proc/sys/net/vsock/child_ns_mode (writable) controls what mode future - * child namespaces will inherit when created. The default is "global". + * child namespaces will inherit when created. The initial value matches + * the namespace's own ns_mode. * * Changing child_ns_mode only affects newly created namespaces, not the * current namespace or existing children. At namespace creation, ns_mode @@ -2912,7 +2913,7 @@ static void vsock_net_init(struct net *net) else net->vsock.mode = vsock_net_child_mode(current->nsproxy->net_ns); - net->vsock.child_ns_mode = VSOCK_NET_MODE_GLOBAL; + net->vsock.child_ns_mode = net->vsock.mode; } static __net_init int vsock_sysctl_init_net(struct net *net) -- 2.53.0