From: Anshu Kumari <anskuma@redhat.com>
To: david@gibson.dropbear.id.au, sbrivio@redhat.com, passt-dev@passt.top
Cc: aerosound161@gmail.com, abdobngad@gmail.com, anskuma@redhat.com,
lvivier@redhat.com
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] fuzz: Bypass isolation and adapt sockets for AFL++
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:56:26 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260812072630.3235261-4-anskuma@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260812072630.3235261-1-anskuma@redhat.com>
Few components which needs to be disabled to support AFL++
to work:
- isolation.c: Skip isolation and seccomp sandboxing that breaks AFL++
pipes, namespaces, and ASan mmap/mprotect operations.
- util.c / tap.c: Switch UNIX socket to SOCK_SEQPACKET to preserve frame
boundaries, simplifying tap_passt_input() to a single recv() and removing
vnet_len framing.
- passt.h: Use /tmp/passt_fuzz_%i.socket to avoid path collisions with
production instances.
- tcp_buf.c: Include fuzz.h to route recvmsg() through deterministic wrappers.
Signed-off-by: Anshu Kumari <anskuma@redhat.com>
---
isolation.c | 11 +++++++++++
passt.h | 4 ++++
tap.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
tcp_buf.c | 1 +
util.c | 10 ++++++++++
5 files changed, 47 insertions(+)
diff --git a/isolation.c b/isolation.c
index a30b329..61fc76a 100644
--- a/isolation.c
+++ b/isolation.c
@@ -208,6 +208,9 @@ static int move_root(void)
*/
void isolate_initial(void)
{
+#ifdef FUZZING
+ return;
+#endif
uint64_t keep;
/* We want to keep CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE in the initial
@@ -389,6 +392,10 @@ void isolate_user(const struct ctx *c, uid_t uid, gid_t gid, bool use_userns,
*/
int isolate_prefork(const struct ctx *c)
{
+#ifdef FUZZING
+ (void)c;
+ return 0;
+#endif
int flags = CLONE_NEWIPC | CLONE_NEWNS | CLONE_NEWUTS;
uint64_t ns_caps = 0;
@@ -466,6 +473,10 @@ int isolate_prefork(const struct ctx *c)
*/
void isolate_postfork(const struct ctx *c)
{
+#ifdef FUZZING
+ (void)c;
+ return;
+#endif
struct sock_fprog prog;
prctl(PR_SET_DUMPABLE, 0);
diff --git a/passt.h b/passt.h
index 51ccd4f..141c9f8 100644
--- a/passt.h
+++ b/passt.h
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@
#define PASST_H
#define UNIX_SOCK_MAX 100
+#ifdef FUZZING
+#define UNIX_SOCK_PATH "/tmp/passt_fuzz_%i.socket"
+#else
#define UNIX_SOCK_PATH "/tmp/passt_%i.socket"
+#endif
union epoll_ref;
diff --git a/tap.c b/tap.c
index dfa66c7..f32c9ad 100644
--- a/tap.c
+++ b/tap.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
*/
#include <sched.h>
+#include <time.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <stdio.h>
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@
#include "vhost_user.h"
#include "vu_common.h"
#include "epoll_ctl.h"
+#include "fuzz.h"
/* Maximum allowed frame lengths (including L2 header) */
@@ -144,8 +146,10 @@ void tap_send_single(const struct ctx *c, const void *data, size_t l2len)
switch (c->mode) {
case MODE_PASST:
+#ifndef FUZZING
iov[iovcnt] = IOV_OF_LVALUE(vnet_len);
iovcnt++;
+#endif
/* fall through */
case MODE_PASTA:
iov[iovcnt].iov_base = (void *)data;
@@ -1231,6 +1235,22 @@ static void tap_passt_input(struct ctx *c, const struct timespec *now)
tap_flush_pools();
+#ifdef FUZZING
+ /* SOCK_SEQPACKET: each recv returns exactly one frame */
+ do {
+ n = recv(c->fd_tap, pkt_buf, sizeof(pkt_buf), MSG_DONTWAIT);
+ } while ((n < 0) && errno == EINTR);
+
+ if (n > 0 && n >= (ssize_t)sizeof(struct ethhdr)) {
+ struct iov_tail data;
+
+ data = IOV_TAIL_FROM_BUF(pkt_buf, n, 0);
+ tap_add_packet(c, &data, now);
+ } else if (n < 0 && errno != EAGAIN && errno != EWOULDBLOCK) {
+ tap_sock_reset(c);
+ return;
+ }
+#else
if (partial_len) {
/* We have a partial frame from an earlier pass. Move it to the
* start of the buffer, top up with new data, then process all
@@ -1281,6 +1301,7 @@ static void tap_passt_input(struct ctx *c, const struct timespec *now)
partial_len = n;
partial_frame = p;
+#endif
tap_handler(c, now);
}
diff --git a/tcp_buf.c b/tcp_buf.c
index 72c4541..eb28abe 100644
--- a/tcp_buf.c
+++ b/tcp_buf.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
#include "tcp_conn.h"
#include "tcp_internal.h"
#include "tcp_buf.h"
+#include "fuzz.h"
#define TCP_FRAMES_MEM 128
#define TCP_FRAMES \
diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index 28c32e4..7f29c3b 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
#include "epoll_ctl.h"
#include "pasta.h"
#include "serialise.h"
+#include "fuzz.h"
#ifdef HAS_GETRANDOM
#include <sys/random.h>
#endif
@@ -229,7 +230,11 @@ int sock_l4_dualstack_any(const struct ctx *c, enum epoll_type type,
*/
int sock_unix(char *sock_path)
{
+#ifdef FUZZING
+ int fd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_SEQPACKET | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0);
+#else
int fd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0);
+#endif
struct sockaddr_un addr = {
.sun_family = AF_UNIX,
};
@@ -248,8 +253,13 @@ int sock_unix(char *sock_path)
UNIX_SOCK_PATH, i))
die_perror("Can't build UNIX domain socket path");
+#ifdef FUZZING
+ ex = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_SEQPACKET | SOCK_NONBLOCK | SOCK_CLOEXEC,
+ 0);
+#else
ex = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_NONBLOCK | SOCK_CLOEXEC,
0);
+#endif
if (ex < 0)
die_perror("Failed to check for UNIX domain conflicts");
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-12 7:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-12 7:26 [PATCH 0/5] Add AFL++ fuzzing support for passt Anshu Kumari
2026-08-12 7:26 ` [PATCH 1/5] fuzz: Add deterministic wrappers for system calls Anshu Kumari
2026-08-13 3:46 ` David Gibson
2026-08-12 7:26 ` [PATCH 2/5] fuzz: Add flow type guards for fuzzing stability Anshu Kumari
2026-08-13 4:45 ` David Gibson
2026-08-12 7:26 ` Anshu Kumari [this message]
2026-08-13 5:04 ` [PATCH 3/5] fuzz: Bypass isolation and adapt sockets for AFL++ David Gibson
2026-08-12 7:26 ` [PATCH 4/5] fuzz: Add AFL++ persistent mode fuzz loop Anshu Kumari
2026-08-12 7:26 ` [PATCH 5/5] fuzz: Add test server for bidirectional protocol fuzzing Anshu Kumari
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